martin's dad said he never denied it was his son on the call, he just couldn't tell. he said he believes contains his son's last cry for help. major furloughs due to federal spending cuts started today. civilian and pentagon workers must take one unpaid day off every week through september 21st. it adds up to 20% reduction in income. critics say this could slow the delivery of supplies to our troops. it is expected to save $1.4 billion. the furloughs are one side of the effect of the question question-- sequester. here from johns hopkins on how the sequester will impact medical research. your bank is

ways to charge you money. fees for your mobile app could become the norm. banks are experiments with ways to build charges into app features. many banks are hesitant to be the first to use the fees fearing that you will switch to a competitor. >> then why do this then. well, we have a consumer alert. some apps that who normally cost you money is free. apple is giving away a hand full of apps and games, leading to the fifth birthday. a new feature is making it easier for you to facebook stalk people. the social media site rolled out graph search and making it easier to find photos.

critics say facebook says nothing you label as private will turn up in the search results. >> by now you've seen the wreckage left when that jet airliner crashed in san francisco. many may owe their lives to the fact they followed simple safety rules. karin caifa has more. >> reporter: frequent flyers may often settle in, buckle up and tune out the safety instructions but that can right best preparations for an accident like this one where more than 300 people survived. >> they got lucky. the survivability factors have increased dramatically over the past 15 years. >> reporter: the most important rule following crew member instructions. >> be very sure that on every plane that you go on that you will listen carefully to what the steward or steward's is telling you. >> reporter: they recommend passengers locate emergency exits before and in front of

them. count the rows in case cabin visibility is poor during an emergency. a seat belt should be tht, and think about footwear when you fly. high heals aren't allowed on an evacuation slide. slain dahls and flip-flops can leave feet exposed to debris. during an evacuation don't reach for your bags. leave your possessions behind. coming up, there's another setback for -- for sarah murnaghan. >> we'll take a look at some of the calorie counts of your favorite ballpark eats. >> mostly cloudy most of the day and a few storms north. we'll talk about how things will

change in harford harford and beyond by next weekend. it's all straight head.

continuing coverage on president crisis in egypt, the

worst fighting we've seen, took 5 lives today. >> the united states remains cautious. karen travers has more. >> reporter: it left more than 50 people dead and hundreds wounded. the egyptian army said they came under attack as protesters of mohamed morsi protested a military building but morsi's backers said the military fired the first shot just as the dawn prayer began. less than a week after the egyptian military removed morsi from power, the country looks to be on the brink of a civil war. the oceans had been cautious. today officials repeatedly referred to it as a complex and difficult situation. >> the united states remains deeply concerned by the violence

and egypt's dangerous level ofly the vehicle polarization. >> reporter: the morsi appointed egyptian ambassador to the u.s. was blunt. >> egypt is not undergoing a military coup. >> reporter: under u.s. law the government must cut off all for aid if the country is a military coup. the white house said it is reviewing it but for now would not cut of more than a billion dollars in aid it sends every year. >> i think this would not be in the best interest of the united states to immediately change our assistance program to egypt. >> reporter: the white house said it's not taking sides in egypt but want as smooth transition to a democratically elected government. edward snowden is one step close thorpe finding a possible permanent home. three countries are giving him

and he has been staying in theua moscow airport for weeks now. we have an update on the 10-year-old girl whose parents fought to get her a lung transplan sarah murnaghan developed as pir operation pneumonia -- aspiration pneumonia. the wife of secretary of state john kerry is in the hospital tonight but her condition is improving. teresa heinz kerry was upgraded from critical to fair condition. she was taken to a nan tuck cets hospital sunday after exhibiting seizure like symptoms. before the hospitalization, kerry was scheduled to return to washington tonight after spending time at the couple's

nantucket home. all right. start off with maryland's most powerful radar. we see it moving through betterton and cannot county, west of galena still a heavy downpour. get ready for that. overall downpour toward middletown. other than that not a lot of activity statewide. one storm diminishing in charles county and action towards williams port in pennsylvania. dundalk, weather in motion, looking unsettled at times. we did get sunshine on an intermittent basis, partial clearing. in havre de grace like to show this camera because we're looking from the tide water north across susquehanna into cecil county. that's where so much of the

storm action has been. right now at bwi we've got 4 degrees. winds are west at eight miles an hour. humidity is on the oppressive side. dew points in the mid-60s. once you get over 70, that's what we consider oppressive humidity. had to get to culpeper. enough humidity to make mid-80s feel like low 90s, especially in the city. pushing 90 tomorrow. the heat index will be upper 90s. beyond that into wednesday a hotter day where the air temp gets to 90 and the real feel temp may get to 100 or so. the satellite radar view showing widely scattered activity some of which is in cecil county and northern kent county. heat driven showers a pretty good bet and more widespread

activity, so we look forward to. that take a look at the entire east coast. things getting more active. weigh had the high pressure sale work in, cleared skies into friday, saturday and sunday at beach. that's not happening. the ridge is rake down. frontal boundary out of the west. we've got a much more unsettled setup. high pressure ridge further offshore allowing unsettled conditions and that is very moving front over the northern plains crawl unless our direction, showers ahead of. this the front should clear the hear by late thursday. and the tropics also looking more and more likely. two hearse of interest, the main area of interest more close to the united states is off the bahamas. we already have this developed, chantal. chantal with an interesting looking track because as we go beyond the end of the week into

the weekend, chantal may ultimately push close to the florida coast, right now projected to weaken. we'll see in that happens. tonight 72. tomorrow 88. hot and humidity with showers and storms. take a look at the next couple of days. we'll be around 90 degrees. beyond thursday we'll get the front. that will allow for some cooling and i think a little drier setup into the weekend. can't rule out a showers or storm but it looks more numerous. >> all right. thanks a lot. >> in tonight's health alert, a new study slow last link between -- shows a link between introducing solid foods to babies. they were linked to a higher risk of type one diabetes. the safe window to start solid

food appears to be between four and five months. >> solid foods will be lower in the good nutrition but maybe higher in calories. so there's a chance that we're causing more obesity in babies. they can causaller jis or exa -- causaller jis or eczema. >> researchers say babies who were breast fed while starting on solids had a loris being for diabetes. you can't make a trip to kindergarten clawrd without getting something to eat but a ballpark staple, the hot dog isn't that bad of choice. each frank without calories is 150-calories. cracker jacks has about 420-calories and a serving of fries averages around 500 calories. you can count the calories of the treats by sharing. >> how do you eat a hot dog

without toppings. trying to keep the kids entertained and stick to a budget, try bowling. a day at the lanes can add up fast but what about when it's free. find out what local bowling alley is letting your little one bowl for free. >> and one teen compliments classmates on social media.

sometimes it feels impossible to come up with enough activities to keep your kids busy. there's one program with a local tie that might be just what

you're looking for. >> reporter: here at stoney rains -- lanes kids are learning about duck pin bowling. it's part of a program called kids bowl free. boys two free games of bowling every day all summer. >> looking for something to do. parents now have something to do with the kids during the day. >> reporter: this is the sixth year. more than 1200 bowling centers par sties pay the from coast to coast. nationally it serves more than 1 million children and locally about 1500 kids participate. >> i think it's a good program. even for the kids who don't have jug to do at home like myself would be able to do something. >> i think that's awesome that even if you're over 12, which is usually kids, that you can still bowl for free. >> reporter: kids admit duck pin

bowling is different. some of the little ones got in on the phone. >> i think it's a bit easier because you get to have big chances and it depends -- the pins are lighter and the balls are lighter and fun. >> i can't pick up the regular bowling ball and trying to get it to knock down anything. >> reporter: this summer students have found a fun and freeway to enjoy the summer break. >> this program runs until september. >> here's a look at what we're working on all new at 6:00. we told you this was coming. today is the day. the draw bridge is closed. could we be missing out on an entire generation o medical discovery because of the sequester. those stories and more coming up all new at 6.

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every school year we hear terrible stories about bullying. >> tonight we have an uplifting spin. we have or on one high school that's using facebook for good instead of breaking another one down. >> reporter: his friends know who he is now, but he remained

anonymous for the entire school year. he secretly created a facebook page called a tech compliments, a place where students can place compliments. >> students can give compliments to people. >> reporter: students on campus love the site and the schoolliments started pouring in. >> is one of those sweet individuals who can lifen up the room. >> reporter: nobody knew wilson was behind it. he started the site, screens the compliment and launches the movement, with more than 500 regular followers. >> another example of what's unique about the students at a tech. it's student driven. >> reporter: wilson had no idea this would be a big deal until he began to see the effect a simple compliment could have. >> a lot of these quiet individual whose zoo think much

of what -- don't think much of what they do but when they get the response, complimenting them for their intelligence, charisma, all the things though didn't realize about themselves, it helps to build a lot of self-esteem. >> at the end of the school year, an announcement over the school asked the create ter to -- creator to come clean. >> not every school has a student creating a page like this but there are resources to come combat bullying. just head to abc2news.com/no to bullying to check out efforts underway in our state. >> you've heard programs where you get money for trading in guns, and now you can get a

computer. some say marylanders will start feeling the questions questions. get ready for time off work and lost pay for the healthcare industry. >> all new at 6. hear it? quiet. thousands of cars used to buzz past but today was day one without the stoney creek draw bridge. >> we're tracking a couple of storms. how will the rest of your evening shape up? >> we begin joined by some of you who are not usually home at this time. it's the first furlough day of the sequester for civilians working for the defense department. >> sure, it means an extra day at home, but over the next week you'll lose 20% from your paycheck. >> this could cost lives and the medical research is focused on saving them.

>> that's from the head of the national institutes of health. jeff hager has more on the impact. >> reporter: he survived a stroke a decade ago and jose mull dan nad doe credits the doctors at johns hopkins for saving his life. >> they've given me the help. >> reporter: this year doctors will have $38 million less for research due to sequestration. the director of the national institutes of health, dr. francis collins said it has been forced to slash other institutions as well. >> might have imbt next breakthrough in cancer, the start of the next person's career to win the nobel prize

shall-- we'll never know. oar are now prospective medical researchers may have to look elsewhere, even out of the country. >> this is not the only year. we will lose ginnations of tam -- generations of talent and research that will improve the lives of our american people and have an impact on our economy all because we can't come up with finding reductions in our public debt of $100 million a year. >> reporter: for jose, the sequester placed a price on the very research that saved his life, and that which could save throws who suffer from cancer, heart disease and other deadly diseases in the future. >> of all the diseases we talked about today, i don't know what the heck these people are thinking in washington. >> reporter: in east