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fassments researchers at hopkins has been working with families for years on ways to make their home safe for children. overall children injured in accidents is down 12%. stairs are one hear that cannot be ignored. it's probably the first big accomplishment in a baby's life, climbing the couch or climbing the stairs. jennifer and teresa's kids prefer to climb over the old aluminum bleachers. it's fun. when this comes time to go home, the stairs in the house are off limits. >> something like stairs you can blockade so they can't get to them when you're not watching every second. you really have to watch him. i have to set up a gate to block

him from that. any cub bored -- cupboard. >> reporter: the survey conducted by the research and policy center in klum bush, ohio, said from 1999 to 2008 more than 900,000 were injured on stairs and a quarter were being cared for by an adult. every six minutes a child is injured from falling down stairs. most of the accidents occurred in the home. >> this gate here is an example. it is important to distinguish the two. a top of the stair gate is always bolted in your wall and it needs to be bolted. a child should not be able to push past it. >> reporter: she shows parents

how to toddler proof their homes to avoid accident. the study confirm was safety advocates have known for awhile that the stairs are an area where not home adults have to watch children but they have to watch themselves. >> children end up with a lot more injuries because the child is heavier. they can fall on them. >> reporter: price said parents need to look over their house to see a what they need. low cupboards and have working smoke and carb -- carbon monoxide detective -- detectors. it's hardu÷ml to believe its only march but we've had a mild

winter. how long will it stick around. would you expect any other march, up to 70 in many spots including bowie where you're at 71. near 70 in centerville. tracking a line of showers, but this will not usher in any new cold air. we think we'll see almost no rain around central maryland until late overnight into daybreak. the better chance coming tomorrow afternoon. the rest of the evening we're in the 60s, mild and pleasant. as we look at the current shot, you can see a few clouds rolling in. we'll have much more on the complete forecast coming up. thanks a lot, wyatt. smoke has been banned in restaurants, the workplace and several other places where smokers want to light up. now lawmakers are considering a law that would make it illegal to smoke with a child in the

car. abc2 news don harrison looks that the. >> reporter: the senate would debate a bill that would ban smoking in the car while someone eight or younger is in the car. some making it illegal for teens as old as 16 in the car. maryland wants to use the age eight or younger because that would make it easier to enforce. senator bill ferguson said it makes sense to protect maryland's youth. >> there ace serious threats and they -- there's serious threats. >> reporter: others feel the legislation is too far reaching. >> i think there's a difference between smoking and being exspoalsed to second hand -- exposed to second hand smoke. you would be at the same risk for cancer. >> reporter: the american lung

association said 7500 to5,000 children under 18 months are hospitalized a year due to second hand smoke. many parents said that's a good reason to have this law. >> a bad example. we need to get our kids healthy. by them watching adults smoke, it's just encouraging them. >> reporter: some think smoking is bad for a different reason. >> i kind of think smoking in the car is another distraction just like texting or anything else. >> reporter: even if the smoking ban does pass the senate, it still has to go to the house of delegates for their approval. in annapolis, don harrison for abc2 news. there was the video store that opened that wasn't a blockbuster or hollywood video. it was a store that belonged just to charles village. the video has just run out.

>> reporter: this is the place you would go to get your police squad, the original on the five discs. they's the place we're talking about. a viewer told us he read the sign that the video americane was calling it quits. after 20 years it's all over or as corey said he and a bunch of loyal customers will hang on. they're planning a candlelight vigil tonight at 10:00. we smoke to liz who is a customer and an employee. >> we have a lot of titles you wouldn't be able top find on the internet hornet flism. it's a loss. >> reporter: this is it. the store will reopen next week to sell their entire stock. this is a local business that has two other locations. one is in roland park and one is in tacoma park. imagine waking up to your

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if you're hoping to get your hands on the new i-parksd be prepared to -- ipad, be prepared to wait. >> reporter: the much anticipated unveiling of the new ipad last week had tech insides buzzing about the new features. it hits store shelves friday but how long will it take for average joe to get its hands on one. preorders have sold out already. that took just five days. on the apple website it shows preorders will take two to three weeks to ship. they're made in chinese factories. it could be a month before it's delivered to your door. you can stand in line when the device hits stores friday but

that may be more frustrating. when the ipad 2 came out many stores had lines hundreds deep. regardless, the new ipad has some stunning features that will no doubt bring in revenue. a new camera promises an enhanced des play and more gaming features. plus, the 4g integration and the new microchip will allow for faster. apple sold 15.4 million of the devices in the last three months of 2011. reporting from new york. larry king will return to the host chair and a new internet television network. it describes itself as an

internet-based network. a mexican billionaire is financing the network. larry king is the cofounder. he said the new program will resemble his program larry king live. meteorologist wyatt everhart checking in with the latest and greatest of our baltimore weather, which has been so fantastic this spring. i say spring and technically on the caller we -- calendar, we have a week to go. it looks like it will feel like it for a lot of this week. people taking a walk down harbor place because why not, the sun is out. temperatures pushing 0degrees-- 70 degrees. not feeling the humidity. mt. airy with a few high thin

clouds. and in bel air today from charm city we find nothing but sunshine and a nice, nice late winter technically day. maryland's most powerful radar showing rain, cumberland west. we think a lot will fizzle out in the mountains, expecting that to hold up until daybreak tomorrow. the best chance for showers will come tomorrow afternoon in the heating of the day. upper 60s to near 70 at dulles. winds are from the south. that's a warm air flow. that's going to continue through most of the mid-part of the week. we are tracking that disturbance. that will bring in the collapse for showers -- chance for showers. mid-70s will be a good bet a line of showers possible in the morning and there will be enough warmth around as we go to the

mid-70s to fuel potential scattered thunderstorms. clouds on the increase. yes, axd shower by dawn. tomorrow afternoon, our best chance for scattered showers, scattered thundershowers around 3:00 or 4:00 and tomorrow night down to 50 with scattered evening showers. we'll see mild conditions and i think the showers tomorrow evening, what few we have should come to an end quickly. mid-70s on tap through thursday and then a bit of a cooloff friday and saturday. into next week, right now we do not foresee much of a cooldown. looking for a warm st. patrick saturday. >> thanks a lot. voters head to the polls tomorrow in several states but all eyes will be on two races in

the south, mississippi and alabama. emily schmidt joins us with the latest. emily, what can we expect? >> reporter: today is mitt romney's birthday. he turns 65. so he celebrated by going to alabama. he said thinks to -- thanks to the present that he hopes to open up tomorrow. voters in alabama, mississippi, hawaii and american samoa get a chance to vote tomorrow. >> very competitive state. >> people of alabama think washington is a mess and america is in trouble and they need somebody to lead. >> despite calling the southern contest an away gairnlings mitt

romney is basically tied with g-- gingrich. in alabama gingrich is ahead by three points. rick santorum is trailing both romney and gingrich in both of the southern states by nearly 10 percentage points. the stakes are so high that those three candidates are all on the ground in mississippi or alabama today. only ron paul, kelly, has decided to forego campaigning in those states ?a so mitt romney is not from the south. >> reporter: he has been looking hard to understand the south. he's talking about trying catfish, about loving those cheesy grits. you may have notice the jeff

foxworthy, the self-professed red neck comedian standing next to him. here's what he had to say. >> united behind the right candidate, we are a powerful, powerful force. >> reporter: maybe a game changer. we were talking about mitt romney being an away game. now he is hoping to leave feeling like family. >> the gop candidates battling. how they match up against president obama. >> reporter: that's what everybody wants to know. who do the republicans think can beat president obama. they looked at the hypothetical matchups. in it mitt romney fared pretty well. president obama edging out rick santorum. the closes are so close that they're within the margin of error. the last time this poll was taken, president obama up six points and rick santorum wasn't even asked about at the poll.

at that point he wasn't a large enough player. it shows how much things have changed. >> i'm sure this will continue to change. emily schmidt live from washington tonight. thanks for that report. >> coming up all new at 6:00, if you have a son or daughter at college park you'll want to know about the details of this story. what led police to arrest a student for a shooting plot. it's tax season. that means there are plenty of scams but how is one working by using your church as the angle. i'm jamie costello. those stories and more coming up. here's a preview of what's ahead at 6:30 with diane sawyer. coming up on world news, secret letters from richard nixon and they are love letters. who was he writing and what did he say? that's tonight on world news. ♪

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