. >>> it's the pains of texting. with about 5 billion messages typed and sent each day it's no wonder we are developing texting thumb. today's texts could be tomorrow's problems. plus, countdown to black friday is on. we have a look at the preview of the deals. >> checking out my texting thumb over here. a click or two. have to go easy on the text. 61 at pwi. a warm and windy day in the wake of the storms overnight last night and now another storm moving toward the east. we will talk about what it means for us coming up. >>> the severe weather is the big the downed power lines. this tree top we out, be aware, of the power ey in new york and new england, there's ÑÑ<Ñ<ñÑtñÑÑÑñÑÑñÑÑñÑÑñÑÑÑñÑÑñÑñÑ . >>> seems like we let our thumbs do the talking with more than half a trillon texts sent over mobile homes last year alone. that's averaging almost 5 billion a day. could all the typing actually lead to injury? cheryl connor shows a new condition that some doctors have dubbed texting thumb. >> reporter: try as she might melis

too much texting. the dangerous behavior linked to teens addicted to their phones. >>> and a dream come true for ted.y white as she gets thewae w l 'l owe begishe always wanted. we'll be right back. the black widow spider's severe bite can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. but there's an even deadlier predator cigarettes, produced by big tobacco, which take a life every six point five seconds. don't be big tobacco's next victim. >>> so, what was it? the pentagon says it cannot explain what was spotted streaking across the sky across the los angeles coast last night. a video appears to show a missile launch. the military says it was not involved. and that the vapor trail could be from a launch by a private company. the pentagon says it is not alarmed and there's no indication of a threat to national security. >>> coming up at 5:30, "nbc nightly news" will have more on the theories of what might have happened, and pictures. >>> happening right now, a coast g

correlation between text -- research the correlation of texting and risky behaviorsp they agree moreesearch is necessary to identify the specifics of this relationship. with this medical minute, i am dr. timothy johnson. >>> okay, is it a bird or a plane? the pentagon is trying to figure out whether a missile was launched off the coast of southern california and who may have launched it. military officials are look into the video and it appears to show a rocket or some other object shooting into the sky leaving a trail over the pacific. that's a scarry story. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherrate. >> that's disturbing. to say the least. >> unsettling. >> unsettling. >> kelly, the days are getting so short now. we have sunset at 4:58. we will see just a little more light. it's pretty to see the dusk and lock at dusk lighting over the city right now as we show outharbor cam. >> oh, my goodness. >> it's pretty to look at, but it's kind of tough to get used to when it's dark at 5:15 and pitch-black by 5:30. but that's kind

zone construction and a new survey has found the number of people reading text messages while driving 495 has shot up by 47% despite all the warnings about how danger truss is and that's not the only -- dangerous it is and that's not the only surprising find by this study. fox 5's roz plater has the news edge on this one. >> here's another one, texting and driving isn't just a teen thing anymore. everybody is doing it. >> it's the largest highway construction zone area in the country now. >> reporter: aaa's john townsend is talking about the massive construction projectunder way along the beltway near tysons corner making driving hazardous at best, but here's the stunner. in september his agency surveyed 1,000 drivers who travel the northern virginia beltway regularly and 55% admit to being on their cell phones not just talking, but texting, too. >> you're playing with fire. you really are putting yourself in harm's way and because the lanes are so narrow and much of that construction -- in much of that construction area, you are jeopardizing the lives of other drivers and there are 2

they have a name for it called hyper texting.he doctors are not saying one causes the other, but speculates kid who is text a lot have less parental surp vision and may come from families who are not close or structured as kid who is do not engage in risky behavior. . >> video game fans were lined up to get a copy of call of duty black op s. the call of duty games and a lot of them follow historical stories n. this case it's the cold war in the mid-to early 60s. in many of their cases they wouldn't have been alive. even if you are 30 or 40 something, you may not remember. >> keep going. >> some however may remember voting for president kennedy and all that stuff. >> no. >> what? >> should i know. >> let's check the morning commute right now. 6:23. you are seeing the small through antioch. >> we are talking about the more recent past. since about 5:30, a slow drive and the typical crawl speeds around 20 miles per hour for much of the alphabet and over towards horizon. a typical flow and the walnut creek interchange at the limit as

teens and texting. the provocative new study that has linked to more dangerous behavior. >>> i'm ron matz, in owings mills. how you can help the maryland food bank and baltimore's needy this holiday season. the story coming up right here on wjz. >>> a pattern of sunny, dry weather continues. meteorologist bernadette woods tells us how long it will last. >>> wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com. instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> on the scale of one to 10, what do you think today? >> let's give it a 10 for this day in november. >> even a 20 maybe. >> just right off the charts. it's a beautiful day. even for different times of the year. this is a beautiful day outside. so get a chance over the next few days to enjoy it. because this weather is going to continue. let's show you what is going on as far as temperatures go. we've topped out so far today, at 62 degrees. and yes, that's cooler than we have in the summer. but this is novemb

tonight we look at the suspect's troubles plus the mysterious text message his sister receive. but first, dozens of people take to the streets and protest the police shooting of a oakland man. tonight what the protesters had to say. kron 4's jonathan bloom has the details in today's top story. >> reporter: things are back to normal but protesters managed to shut the station down for an hour. they plan to hold more demonstrations and possibly shut down more bart stations. the marchers carried signs and banners slamming the oakland police department, the officers who come in to escort them off the street. >> we learned about the protist last night and had to call officers. >> reporter: chp officers blocked the free way onramps. police shut down it station as soon as they arrived. they say it was just a precaution. no injuries or arrests but there was a lot of yelling about the death of derrick jones by two police officers. >> there are two police officers. we don't know their names yet. officers, do you know their names? >> we don't release the names that soon. it would be puttin

one thing you could do was text. it was interesting. you can send a text message. we are trying to get our residents give them the knowledge to do that should we need to evacuate again. and this is just an example of a flyer for our expo and you have to tailor it to the diversity of your community. making sure what other dialects or languages that are present in your neighborhood that you address that. and you make sure that you are inclusive to everyone. just an example of our agenda for our expo. and the communications, this is a piece that we have come up with post katrina and that is a 1-800 evacuation check in number that our residents can call into in the event that we must evacuate. residents can call and let the improvement association know where they are. let us know their barriers. when i evacuate i'm responsible for taking the vontage router with me and plug it into a real phone or also receive these messages by internet. i don't have to have access to a phone. the voice mails come over the internet. this is something that we have done today after katrin

>> hyper texting is defined as 120 or more texts on a school day.hours on a social network's website on a school day. >> young people who really are almost obsessed with using sms messages and social networking? >> they're spending a really excessive amount of time online and unconnected with friends through social media and in doing so they have perhaps taken pure pressure to a cyber pure pressure level, a high-tech peer pressure that may be part of what's contributing to the statistics you were describing. >> all right. let's talk about that and whether there's a cause and effect in a second but let's put up the statistics. these are stunning. hyper texters, more than 120 messages in school are according to your study 40% more likely to have smoked. two times more likely to have tried alcohol. 43% more likely to be binge drinkers. 41% more likely to try drugs and three times more likely to have had sex. those findings are just stunning. >> they are a wake-up call, think i, to parents and perhaps to teens themselves. >> so what -- is there a cause

several witnesses first texted the shooting to emergency dispatchers. texts that never arrived in the two-hour rampage. >> is anyone injured? >> reporter: several potential flaws still need to be ironed out like cell phones that don't come with gps readings to send dispatcher's a caller's location. accidents called by drivers taking an initial accident. >> they'll have to have some good systems that help them screen out bogus texts. with a call there's someone there who can ask questions. >> two vehicles. no one is injured? >> reporter: the move may make person to person communication a thing of the past. some might argue we're already there. the other question is cost. how to pay for the upgrades to the nationwide 911 system. live at police headquarters in san jose, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> oakland police need your help in finding two men that sexually assaulted three roommates. one of the woman was walking home from the b.a.r.t. station. two men approached her at gunpoint sexually assaulted her and then forced her to take them to he

teenagers who text too ch may be involved in other risky havi behavior. >>> if you feel like having a drink on a local sunday there's a local county that will soon be selling liquor for you. >>> fast forward through the headlines, police are searching flew through the suspects. 17-year-old joseph sparks, jr. was killed. he had reportedly been in arguments at school. it's not clear if tha had anything to do with the shooting. >>> american university professor whose life ended in murder will be remembered this evening. the business school is holding memorial service in sue marcum's honor. the assistant dean says she was everyone's favorite professor. a person who made students fall in love with accounting. marcum was found murdered in her bethesda home last month. >>> jerry connolly of northern virgia will get a second term in congress. eaier today his challenger conceded in a statement. that race ended with fewer than 1,000 votes separating the two. fimian is legally allowed to challenge it, but a recount would not have changed the outcome, he said. >>> teens and texting. the two go to

he was texting, which wasn't against the law. and we said, that needs to be changed. >> reporter: they say their only daughter would be proud. >> i hope that she would say, good job, dad. >>> the heather heard 5-cr walk is thursday. for information on how to sto sign up, click on wjz eyewitness news. >>> here's sharon gibala. >>> it's been a busy afternoon as far as far as the volumes we have. but we have a new one on 95. it&it is blocking the left lane. watch for a crash in essex. >> in essex. accident there. still middle river road. five more accidents in the city. cathedral at west center. north monroe at north avenue. pretty significant delays on 95 southbound today from 395. that's going to run to 100. take you about 18 minutes with an average speed of 31 miles per hour. there's a look at your speed and drive times. all in the low 30s. 30 miles an hour, your slowest spot. as our average drive speed between 83 and 95. we can take a live look at that north-west delay at greenspring avenue. also you'll find some delays on 95, i

text "a" for yes. text "b" for no to 622639. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining us now is house chief deputy whip from illinois, congresswoman jan murkowski. one vote and one vote only for the middle class or go through a series of votes until the republicans are satisfied? how do you call it? >> well, my hope is that we're going to have one vote on whether or not we're just going to give tax cuts to the middle class. but i'll tell you another vote that we need and that is to extend unemployment insurance benefits, ed. we can't forget that and it's not just good for those people, millions of people who are about to lose their unemployment but it's good for our economy. there is nothing more stimulative than putting unemployment insurance in people's pockets so that they can go out and spend that money which they will right away. so we have really two issues that we need to get done. middle-class tax cuts and unemployment insurance extension. >> is there any negotiation in your opinion for the top 2%? on the tax cut? >> i certainly think -- if you're askin

the texting isn't the problem.hat's happening is you have got this generation of kids, they are grown up from 1980 and beyond. >> 83. >> they have so much access with the internet. what they are doing is basically experiencing life in a virtual reality. >> bill: we have gone over that. but i think they are exposed to more. if you are texting all the time, you can get in touch with bad people who can offer you stuff. i think that's what this is all about alicia, what do you think. >> i don't. as one of these so-called my ledgials from 1938 to 2001, this comes down to good parenting whether you are instant messaging or texting, you have a parent who is over your shoulder. the corollary isn't just between people who text and kids who drink and have sex. it's about kids who are supervised and as margaret said are allowed to be hyper anything. >> bill: that's a good point. if you are not supervising your kid and the kid is on the internet all day long or are the little machines and all the kid is doing and you nor not s

a lot of those cell phones are used to text. well, the fcc wants the 911 system to be upgraded for the digital age. right now 911 call centers are not equipped to take text messages. they haven't been overhauled since 2001 when they were required to accept cell phone calls. >> i do it one way, ken does it another way. what is the right way to carve a bird? the answer in tonight's good question. and body scans. >>> tonight there is one more group that can skip the line for airport pat downs. flight attendants can board planes without extra security screenings. flight attendants argued they should be exempt like pilots are. they still have to show photo i. d . and go through a metal detector.. national opt out day calling for travelers to boycott the transportation new full body scanners by denying the 10- second scan and then agents will be forced to pat down passengers by hand which is much more time consuming. >> i'm all for it. i think there is too much crawl from the government. i think our rights are being stepped on. >> i t

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hyper texting is associated with physical violence. these teenagers are more likely to have had four or more sexual partners. this does not mean that texting leads to deviant behavior. >> peer pressure used to happen once in awhile. for hyper content user, the pressure is constant. >> set boundaries, he suggests. >> if you do not know if they are involved in hyper networking, you should. >> wbal tv 11 news. >> and new mothers and looking for ways to connect with their gaby's should -- with their babies it should look at the hands on approach. it can help with college, constipation, and sleeping disorders. >> massage it significantly increases the response in our bodies. >> i am sure the babies love it. the best part, moms say is they can do it any time any place. >> and now your insta-weather plus forecast. >> a look across the region this morning and you can see the impact of the storm of the new england coast. it kept a bit of a breeze going. that is why we had temperatures in the 40's and 50's in the outer banks. hear, we did not mo

. >> reporter: mobile phone use including talking and texting has led to fatal car accidents. faces of distracting driving is a reminder of what distracting driving really is. not just mobile phone use but anything that takes your attention off the active driving. like adjusting the radio. cd player, mp3 player, speeding, putting on make up everyone talking to a pass -- even talking to a passenger. >> it's important to educate people about the dangers of talking and texting. >> reporter: her 23-year-old son dan was driving in colorado using his mobile phone and crashed into a stopped vehicle. he died two hours later. >> he didn't have time to react. those few seconds that he was on the phone or texting were the seconds he needed to put on the breaks in time and he couldn't do it. >> lori kelly's son dan was just graduated by the way from college in colorado. in that accident that claimed his life he was headed to his first job. back to you. >> kai, thank you very much. three stories are running on the website right now but there will be others including lori kelly's. >>> year

and there will text you back the information at no charge. however, regular texting rate.es, pete slate, kron 4 news >> and a happy anending. her yorkshire terrier, named deussece was taken. she spoke to kron 4 about our first night back with her dog. >> he was kind of tired, he really was buddy slept all night. the kind of stretched out more than he usually does. and usually, he gets up and wants to eat about 5:30 a.m. and i got up and get the newspaper in the did not get off the bed you still, resting. and he stated there. and i got up about 6:30. -7:00 a.m. and he got up and went back to bed la and the also did not eat until much later. he was still tired. >> the dog was found after a stockton woman called police that she bought ce deuce for the month of $20 for, because if the microchip. he was recovered successfully to the owner. >> and as a precaution, this was closed. marchers walk from bancroft avenue, worker jones was killed by police earlier this week to the bart station. where-as derrik jones was killed third to live up to it, coming up. [ male announcer ] wheth

students say the text spread like wildfire. that it seemed believable and that had a major impact on attendance. >> in my class, there were no students only four in this class. it was scary, but you know we had to come. >> reporter: we learned this afternoon that a student showed the text to a teacher yesterday. administrators put their emergency plan into action alerting parents, calling on extra safety officers and alerting vallejo police. officers visited the campus and patrolled the streets around hogan high throughout the day. administrators say they had no choice but to take the threat seriously. >> any type of situation whether it be rumor or not we take seriously because you know it could impact students. >> reporter: parents who learned of the text say it's been a tense 24 hours. >> i had to tell my boss i had to go home because my daughters are involved in school lock downs right now, and i was worried. >> reporter: students who attended school today said the text may have it's origins in a fight earlier this week. >>

we are talking about talking and texting while behind the wheel. it's now illegal and all thanks to the couple you're about to meet. they are doing this in memory of their young daughter killed by a truck driver who was texting while driving. she was on her way to meet not only her parents but her wedding planner. kim and russ herd join us this morning. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having us. >> i met you in 2008. when you were eager to get the message out about heather. for those who don't know, what is health are's story. >> heather was traveling to meet us and. in davenport florida at disneigh wedding planner when she was stopped at traffic light and was killed instantly by a tractor trailer driver text messaging and killed another woman in another vehicle and hit nine cars. >> you guys have not stopped. you really have taken this to annapolis and changed maryland law. talk to me about that. >> that's been an uphill battle. but successful. we don't want the secondary rule we want a primary offense for cell phone use and would love to see

. >> how many text messages is your teen sending? new study finds that teens that text 120 times a day or more, are far more likely to have sex, use drugs and or alcohol. high pressure texting as it is called. can lead to other risky behaviors as well. the study also found that surprisingly the teenagers also had permissive or absent parents. >> liquor stores in montgomery county will be open sunday. new executive order expected to be finalized tomorrow. allows the sale of alcohol on sundays. county officials expect the new rules to take effect some time this month. the new rules should help the county make between 1.5 and $2 million a year. >> a mysterious missiles, frisbee fly. does the military's no sense attitude about this object, shine from common sense light? we will explain. >> a cop relieved of his duties. what his own dash cam caught him doing, that got him demoteed. >> people on the left that don't want to touch entitlements. that is just unrealistic. >> battle lines being drawn in congress. after the break, what is at sta

text "a" for yes. text "b" to no. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is ohio senator, sherrod brown. >> good to be with, with you, ed. not one of the millionaires in the senate. full disclosureio your audience. >> thank you so much. i didn't think that you were out of touch. protecting the middle class and making sure that the wealthy pays more, this is a real political tightrope for the democrats. what's the strategy? how are you going to make it happen. >> yeah, it's not an issue, tightrope at all. it's clear that warren buffett's right and that economists are right. that when george bush did his big tax cuts that went overwhelmingly to the wealthiest people in our society to the millionaires and billionaires twice in 2001 and 2003, the net increase of jobs during those eight years in the bush white house were -- was 1 million new private sector jobs created. with bill clinton, who balanced the budget, did some cutting and spending and raising of the income tax mostly fo

you can text your donations to the american red cross, $10 by texting react which is 50555 or you can call 410, 6,242,000 that's the number. >> we'll continue to follow the storm clean up, head to our web site for the latest information, you can also check us out on facebook, become a fan and follow us there online as well. >>> randall town woman shot nine times by her husband is how recovering. police say the woman was able to get out of the home with her eight-year-old son and her husband terrence wilson barricaded himself inside for around four hours yesterday morning before killing himself. police say the couple had a history of domestic problems. county detectives say they were at the couple's home as recently as tuesday night. >>> five minutes after 6:00. new this morning a woman who police say was set on fire in howard county by her homeless boyfriend has died. friends we spoke with over night say that pamela meyers pass 9 away yesterday morning after suffering severe burns. rick is expected to be charged with her murder. the two have been dating an witnesses say he poured a tw

topping our news this noontime a frightening threat at a local high school, an ominous text message has prompted some students to avoid going to hogan high today. the school is located on rosswood avenue in vallejo, gregg debro joins us with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. we have talked to several students and some parents, some of whom say they were leaving anyway for medical appointments or other reasons but a student said a text message sent to students across campus said the person that sent it needed to complete an initiation. >> he is trying to get into a tbang and he has to kill 5 people. i am not sure if it is true. >> it is kind of like a gang bang, e think it sphrung from that. >> reporter: a district spokesperson says there was more one version or threat. the one she remembers says the shooting would take place in vallejo and involved hog april's kids. the principal would not give specifics -- >> -- cap you can you tell us -- >> at this time i cannot. >> according to students the context and who sent it it is related to their concern. >> i thought the odds out of me and m

. >> also for the first time the salvation army will collect donations by text messages to give $5 text the word angel to the word 85944. to give $10 text the word shine to that same number. the holiday season is starting to off to be a cold one. ktvu is kicking off its annual holiday drive called one warm coat. anchors and reporters are spread out throughout the bay area. we will check in with our mountain man. mark is life in walnut creek. high mark. >> on top of the mountain of coats here overwhelming the generosity out here. as a matter of fact our latest tally has it at 1,755 coats. just absolutely amazing and i'm surrounded here by the girl scouts and brownies that have given up one of their vacation days to come out here and work. right now they are in the bundling up process. packing it up. all the coats have got to go in bags. they will be distributed in the next 24 hours or so to the needy and homeless in the bay area. and they can always use more coats and want to remind you that you can come down any time between now and january 1st. look for the one warm coat barrels and th

not just my words but the words of hundreds of us managed to find this he' way into this text. >> you yourself are a writer so i imagine you have your own evolution of what that means for you internally and then see your work in published form and all the different ways in which your own artistic process bears fruit. what was it like for you as a writer to work with people writing for this particular project? >> for me that was the most thrilling part of the journey, because i've been published. it's a very yurkz mmy experience, but to nurture someone what had never written before, written a letter or an e-mail, but never thought that they could write a prayer, and yet appeared, and to watch someone go deep within themselves into, their own spiritual core and say, could i write, i might write, i will write, i am now writing, and then eventually to look at someone's face when the back came out, and someone who had never been published before can turn to the back of the book where we have listed every con grow congregant is an extraordinary experience, because if you grow up in the jewi

text "a" for yes. text "b" for no. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. i don't think lefties are up for comprose right now. there's too much at stake. joining me now is congressman george miller, chairman of the house education and labor committee. congressman, good to have you back with us. >> thank you, ed. >> what's the game plan? what's your priority list as you go into the lame duck with the power? >> our priority list is the same as it was before. and that is to grow this economy, to create jobs, to help small businesses be able to expand to hire people. when we we tried to take dare of 80%, 90% of the small businesses with 16 different tax cuts, the republicans voted against them 15 times. 15 out of 16. they clearly made a choice over the last two years to put the party before the country. to put the party before working americans. put the party before unemployed americans. put the party before economic growth. that's a decision they made. there are multiple opportunities here to help grow jobs. they stalled it in the senate. they walked it all ar

teenagers especially who text all the time now, consequences could be so deadly.the forecast now. >> and getting quieter. the storms did produce tree mage but are gone thankfully. a few sprinkles in loudon and northern montgomery, frederick in maryland. they are quickly zing east and will be gone in the next hour or so. in the 50s throughout much of the region. low to mid-50s in nearby spushs and washington. near the bay, near 60 lower eastern shore. 40s in the mountains. lar today, a blustery wind much of the aa. should make it low to mid-60s. a few clouds racing through. winds gusting 30 to 35 mileper hour. tomorrow, a small chance of a sprin el. highs mid-60s. chilly on friday and saturday. low 50s friday. should be dry for the weekend for outdoor activities. looks like good crisp autumn weather. monday a tuesday we warm up a bit. clouds retning >> off we go checking things out into town along new york avenue, headed down toward the inrsection of florida avenue. no concerns. of course we have continuing issues on 4th and 12th. had storm damage here. last stretc

send us a tweet at fox baltimore or text your answer to 45203.enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. >>> coming up one last airline fee for you to pay. which carries are offering free internet during a flight for a limited time. >>> started digging here and i barely got below the surface and i got a lot of bills and dirt. >>> and a man discovers his dog ate more than $1,000 in cash and. where that money was supposed to the great thing is, stocking up saves me money. my name is elena velasco, and that works for me. there's never been a better time to stock up -- only at giant. >>the white house answers monster questions and get ready for free wi-fi on holiday flights. stan case has details in this morning's business brief. >> reporter: stocks ended3 mostly lower on monday as investors turned to commodities like gold as a hedge against inflation. gold set a new record at $1,405 an howns. the dow napped a point. the nasdaq edge up. the main issues on american mind, jobs and the economic recovery. want an answer directly from the white house? here

they use texting and instant messaging and facebook's own internal messaging service. he's trying to integrate that whole system inside facebook. so you will be able to have that facebook.com email address if you really want one, but that will all come inside the facebook system, so you'll see all your messages in whatever format, whether they are text or emails or instant messages and frighteningly you'll be able to see your entire record of communications across all of these platforms all gathered together in one place. now -- >> seems to make sense, doesn't it? >> what actually a lot of smartphone companies are doing is they are kind of grabbing your contacts in their different ways whether it be phone calls or texts and putting it in one place on your smartphone. facebook is doing that within your messaging service where there is a pause for thought. about a year ago, google, which has a great deal of success launched google way which was going to reinvent email. that kind of was just a little too complicated for people and never went anywhere. you look at this and

or you can do what eldrick woods does and text your response to 622639.e'll read the best responses later. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for thursday, november 18. a lot going on again today including harry reid calling for a vote on don't ask, don't tell coming up here after thanksgiving. >>> plus this -- women groping each other on television. it's not nearly as exciting as it sounds, but we'll show you anyway. first, let's get to the news at 5:30 a.m. here in washington, d.c. >>> a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows americans wanted changed and voted for change in the election but doubt they'll get it in the end. only 32% think the country is headed in the right direction after the midterms, 58% thinking we're on the wrong track. despite taking a shellacking in the midterms, president obama's job approval ticked up to 47%, an amazing number all things considered. the same percentage disapproving of his job as president the. when asked to give their feelings about there year's election, 61% of respondents said they have a

. >> tonight our text survey question is i asked you, do you believe the republicans will try to impeach president obama? 87% of you said, yes. 13% of you said, no. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. for more information on "the ed show" go to ed.msnbc.com. check out my radio show noon to 3:00 eastern, 167 on xm. and my radio website, wegoted.com. "hardball" with chris matthews startsz right now. we'll see you tomorrow night. >>> the house is back in session, that means it's time to play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish, in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, the battle of a lame-duck congress.

and men who text during the date. >> if you are non-stop facebook and posting status updates, clearly you would rather be with somebody else. >> reporter: they even shared some dating disasters. >> very persistent. kept asking me out. asking me out. finally i said yes. and then when the check came, when the bill came, he asked for separate checks. >> reporter: often it comes down to basic manners. >> i have received page long e-mails if i didn't respond to a text that next morning. and to be honest i won't reply to a text because i do think a follow-up phone call is necessary. >> i really want a man that i can look at and respect and that he's a man that i want to be seen with and will make me a better person too. >> reporter: by the way, a key piece of advice from the match maker is directed at women who go out in groups. michelle calls that a dating no-no because she says, and derek is nodding his head, very few men will approach a pack of women to start a conversation. coming up after the break, a candid discussion with single guys. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] washingto

doctors say on average kids are spending -- sending 34 text annoy.hey say the interruptions are linked to poor sleep. irritability and even problems like anxiety disorders. so what to do. researchers suggest parents set appropriate times for texting or even take computers out of the bedroom all together. >> new study warns that heavy drinking is worse for you than using illegal drugs. british experts value substance all the drug and analyze how addictive the substance is. how it harms the body. role in breaking up family and the economic costs such as health care, social services and prison. they concluded that drinking alcohol far surpasses drug ins terms of over all health burden on our society. study was published today in the medical journal lands. >> in recent poll show prop 19 the measure to legalize marijuana is falling behind. one actor and comedian doing what he can to generate some buzz about it. the take a loo look. about that is zack if he lit a joint on real time hbo show last night. he says he was trying to shatter the lingering taboo o

a word. >> yes. >> i certainly haven't seen a text. i know that they were communicating afterwards. but there was certainly never an offer for hush money or anything of the sort. >> reporter: tomorrow, capri anderson is scheduled to meet with the d.a. in new york. but late tonight, charlie sheen has fired back with a lawsuit of his own, claiming anderson tried to extort him for $1 million. for "nightline," i'm ashleigh banfield in new york. >> charlie sheen's suit also claims that anderson was attempting to get money for a television interview. needless to say, abc news did not pay miss anderson for this interview. >>> when we come back, beyonce, hot off her latest world tour, the pop megastar sits down for an exclusive interview and talks about her directorial debut. ññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ how smart is the new ford edge? well, it can show you the most fuel-efficient route to where you're going. it can find the best price on gas. show fuel prices. and now its v6 gets the best highway fuel economy in its class. say hello to th

. >> tonight our text survey question is i asked you, do you believe the republicans will try to impeach president obama? 87% of you said, yes. 13% of you said, no. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. for more information on "the ed show" go to ed.msnbc.com. check out my radio show noon to 3:00 eastern, 167 on xm. and my radio website, wegoted.com.and my radio websit. up next, "first look." >>> unfinished business. law makers return to capitol hill and a deal on tax cuts begins to take shape. >>> travel trauma, new airport security and pat-down procedures draw fire from travelers. >>> and by the horns. a bull gives spectators quite a scare at a mexico city bull ring. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with changing course. kicking off a lame-duck session of congress yesterday, one key player did an about-face on a long held political policy and a big deal said to be in the works on a bush era tax cuts. tracie potts joins us from tog with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the lame-duck sessi