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order to arrest him. we reached out to the florida department of law enforcement that often gets involved in deadly force cases and in south florida they tell us south florida police departments usually like to take the lead on their own use of deadly force investigations, so right now we re not sure in an outside party will get involved or if the miami beach police department is just going to take the lead on this. keep us posted. absolutely. thank you. here is also what we re working on for this hour. honda tops the test in safety ratings and nissan and kia not so much. the new crash test report is out and we have the list. and roads have turned into rivers. this is in nashville. while flooding plagues part of the u.s., fires roaring out of control in another part. we ll have live reports from both areas up next. and drop ofs begins with arthritis pain. and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. these chevys are moving fast.
your bus driver will be allowed to get a break or get a relief driver if this is a long trip. so you also have the right to know the kind of insurance the bus company has as well. if you go on a bus trip, do you have a right to know the track record, the safety record of the bus company, shall we say? you absolutely do. you want to find out the us-dot number. with that number in hand, you can simply log on to the department of transportation s website, plug in that number, and it will pull up, if there are any prior accidents and you can get that information as far as the safety ratings as well. i personally think they should have seat belts on these bus, but that s a subject for another day. thanks very much. when we come back, one of the country s most respected preachers back in the pulpit after a shocking family tragedy. and in our next hour, an arrest after more of d.c. s landmarks are vandalized with green paint. weekdays are for rising to the challenge.
back to you. martha: awful story. we wish them well, dan. thank you very much for the update on that situation that is is still unfolding this morning. there is a new bill that requires new safety ratings for low-cost bus companies and that us passed congress ironically just a few days ago. it is now headed to the president s desk for his signature. here is new york senator charles schumer talking about that bill just a few weeks ago. this is the largest safety crackdown in the history of the federal motor carrier safety administration. it serves as a warning to unscrupulous discount bus carriers, if you flout the rules, if you cut corners, if you put profit ahead of passengers safety you re going to get caught and you re going to be shut down. martha: tour bus safety of course came into the spotlight after a string of horrific crashes like this one. who can forget this horrible situation. 15 people lost their lives in new york city last year.
watch it again keeping in mind a woman s neck is generally less muscular than a man so the threat of injury is greater. a smaller woman, you need a better design of the seat itself. reporter: now car companies are required to give not just an overall safety rating but a specific one for women in the front passenger seat. and the results? cars like the 2012 toyota venza and the acura tl four-door got high marks for male drivers but under the new safety ratings they received just two stars for female passengers. toyota said the new ratings do not mean the vehicles are less safe. the safety ratings are at safercars.gov. the hope, these new female dummies make all drivers smarter and safer. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. i can t believe we re in 2012 and just starting to use female crash test dummies. all those facts were geared toward men. weird stuff, paula. see what kind of accident