to us in the city. more recreational opportunity for our youths. we give them more places to go, they will not be out there committing crime. >> the new community center is named after a late city counsel member. a teen can count on one hand, how many times he tried synthetic drugs, but he's lived with mental illness now for three years. his mom is addicted to finding a cure for him, and explains how easy it is to access the drugs. >> five times, that's all it took. >> he was a normal child one day, and not normal the next. >> robin smith's little boy, has a big man's problem. >> that led to hallucinations,

and voices, and psychotic behavior, that wasn't going away after he came down from the high. >> he tried synthetic drugs, just five times. >> trial date end of -- toward end of his eighth grade year, he left to not return. >> he played football, and now he's lost friendlies, and he -- friends, and he nearly lost his life four times. 17 hospital stays, 15 doctors, 14 electric shocks, and his body is still resisting the therapy drugs. >> because it's legal, the kids think it's no -- there's no wrong is taking it, trying it, and doing it. >> the makers change the recipe to stay one puff ahead of the law. she's high on hopes to get her

son back on track. she started an online petition, and plans to start an are aly this fall. >> until the medical community is forced to learn, become educated, and know how to treat these patientlies, and people -- patients and people that come in, we'll have more and more overflowing psych units. >> it only took five times, for the mom to clean the spice rack. >> now we talked about this before, warning you about dangers of spice, and other synthetic drugs. you can find it right here at abc2news.com. on that subject, soldiers from fort meade are told to not go to the station because of the

spice. the station no longer sells the spice, the drug task force, noticed fort meade that surveillance shows the product is still sold to service members. the commander has barred the service members from that gas station. a dog who assists service members is missing today. this is abbi, she's a companion dog who works with wounded and sick soldiers, she got scared, and ran away, and she could be any where right now, a reward is offered for her safe return. call the owner on the screen, 301-938-2834. so we can bring abbihome. coming up, there's a way to

get the kids to stop watching too much tv, but you'll have to change the habilitates. a -- woman receives a diagnosis, and hear what has her filing a complaint. the most humid city in maryland, the currently heat index is up to 105, are you kidding me? we'll talk about how much longer this heat sticks around, straight ahead on abc 2 news, stay here. [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet? it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- how 100% fiber optics takes your entertainment to ridiculous levels. i was streaming videos, movies, music.

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. it's usually something that happens in one or two minutes of birth. we explain tonight, a new study, says not so fast when it comes to cutting that cord. >> the mistor breaths -- first breaths of life is followed by the cutting of the cord. but a new study says, maybe not so fast. researchers say that delaying the clamping of the cord up to 3 minutes, raises the iron levels in the newborn's blood, an

effect that lasts for four months. looking at 4,000 mothers and the infants, showed that the delayed clamping allows for more time of the blad from the -- blood from the placenta. the delayed clamping was associateded with a slightly -- associated with a slightly higher case of jaundice. if your kids are wasting too much time in front of the tv, you might want to look at your own viewing habits. it's the biggest factor in your child's viewing factor, the more you watch, the more they watch. >> we'll be focusing more on the parents took into consideration because we -- too,

because we need to mold this in order -- model this in order to be effective. >> they suggest to limit the viewing time to two hours a day. all right, so the check of the set up here, you can see the abc 2 news app, the place to get the current hot temperatures, wherever you are, 24/7, download that news app, you'll have them in the palm of your hands. the northeast, are for urban areas. new york, upstate new jersey, and southern baltimore county, and dc in this heat advisory. take a look at the weather in motion, yeah, a steamer out there. no question about that, you can cut it with a knife, and the sun is merciless, if you're an outdoor worker, you felt it

today. the mid 90s, is the hottest we've been, and now it's the upper 90s, and the het index -- heat index is approaching 110. if you're at the beach, use the sun block, and the numbers will ramp up by noon tomorrow. on the water, it'll be hot. where are the cool spots in maryland right now? 79 in the mountain at oakland, and 82 at the beach in ocean city. there's a few places to escape, but for all of central maryland, the water temperature is up in the low to mid 80s, there's no relief, unless you jump in the water. this is a total measure of the moisture in the air. when you see 80 in the state capital, that's the highest i've seen it. i've seen 80 before, last summer, that's oppressive humidity, and that's why you

have the highest heat index is here. it's 104 for the temperature. the values tomorrow, right in the day on thursday, back in the low 100's, nothing to break things up here, except the possibility of a briefly cooling passing thunderstorm. not much tonight, but perhaps late day tomorrow afternoon. and there's a possibility of the passing shower, maybe on the evening commute home. possibly see a shower or thunder shower in passing, otherwise it'll be humid, and the sun will be out in force again on wednesday. you want to take that extra water with you, and to stay cool. a huge heat individual built in, and this high pressure zone, needs something to break it. and there's nothing to break

that high, until we get a new cold front, and that won't happen for several days. tomorrow 96, the heat index value, north of 105, and tomorrow night's another steamer in the 70s. look at the set up in the weekend, that's where we begin to see a change at work. by then we'll have our fill of, this heat, the other thing to kind of put it in context, these types of heat ridges, can set up for two to three weeks. we've seen it before in maryland, this one, four or five days, but not shongs it could be. >> it could be worse. >> right. >> i'll remember that on wednesday and thursday. thank you. a woman in tennessee is out

raged after she received what she calls a sexist diagnosis from a doctor. she's been in the practice before with no problems, but this time she saw a different doctor. he had a diagnosis for her, that you won't find in any medical book. >> he said the problem is get a little booty, and i said get a what? he said get booty. >> lumbar, or the curve in the spine. it makes approximate butt -- makes the butt to protrude, and he was trying to make it less technical. the patient filed a complaint with the state, and her back pain is still there. you've all been waiting,

twinkies return to the selveses -- she feel-of-s -- shelves, and they are smaller. one of the most famous authors decides to write a book for a penny. we'll tell you about it.

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don't wait to ask your doctor about spiriva. . in our consumer alert tonight, we'd like to save more at the gas puncher -- pump, and one guy decided to do something about it, and he invented a car to do both. >> the high gas prices, and low fuel economy, get yoush frustrated? it did for this man, he took his

to the drawing board. >> he started to yell at the tv, and his wife said, you're an engineer, so do something about it. >> the result is a car with three wheels that gets 84 miles per gallon on the highway, but it'll only carry, two people that ride in tandem, the classification is motorcycle. >> they really don't need a big car, so this car, although very long and comfortable and roomy on the inside, it's narrow, and it doesn't push as much air. the other is the weight factor. >> i can't sit in that, i'll never make it. >> that's the opinion for most people when they first lay eyes on it. >> i love it. >> but trying it is believing. >> i'm getting cash.

>> really? >> yes, you can very few them -- reserve them now, but can't get delivery until next year. >> i'm straddling to seat. >> i'm coming back. >> i can sit here comfortably. >> i would think about buying one. >> for the first time in history, it's just as economical to buy a brand new vehicle, with a 26 thousand, 36 month warranty, than a used car. >> i absolutely love it, my retirement car. >> abc 2 news. >> looks like it'll be a hit. it'll be at the mall until 7:00 tonight, and the company is taking reservations for it on their website, on abc2news.com. everybody has been waiting,

the twinkies are back, but their smaller. 135 calories, and measuring 28.5 grams each. they weighed 42.5 grams. a spokesperson said the size change was made before hostess went bankrupt. here's what we're working on 6:00 tonight. the rear light could catch fire, and we'll tell you which model they're looking into. plus, a death that happened when she picked up her i-phone, we'll tell you which model she was using.

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. well it's official, the newest cohost of the view is jenny mccarthy, and you might have thought they was the cohost, she's appeared on the show 17 times, and guest hosted 8 times. well she is possibly the most famous author in the world best of your recollection up until this -- but up until this weekend, her latest novel isn't selling. nobody was reading it until now. >> this london book store, but -- >> i had no idea. >> they couldn't find the

novel. >> gail. >> that's because nobody wanted it. >> hadn't really -- >> in the last few months, they sold only 50 copies, but on sunday alone, it sold 100,000. why, they've sold -- and conjured up the money spent. she told us that she wanted to write anonymously, to see what the editors really thought. >> how had would i know that i was being published frrt right reasons. >> it got great reviews for three months, until this london journalist followed the clues.

>> the same agent, publisher, editor, and crucially, the similar style writing, and now, lots of rolling fans are new fans. >> do you think you would want to read any jk rolling book? >> yeah. >> and in the case, who the sthor is, mystery -- author is, mystery solved. as if you needed another reason to cheer on chris davis tonight, get this, the orioles will take one dollar off each time that he crushes one out tonight. you need to go to their website, and enter the word crush. he's hit the home run in each of the last four games, the derby gets underway at 8:00, and make sure you hit us up on fabe, like

the -- facebook, like the the picture of the crush, and tell us how many home runs you think he'll get tonight. coming up tonight, football season is just around the corner, so which team do you think is worth more? find out, abc 2 news at 6:00, starts right now. stifling heat, and this is the beginning, we'll talk about how long, and how hot the heat will hold up. we have new dominants of the child hit -- developments of the child hit by the train, and the father is changing the story. the catalyst may have -- cat may have lost a leg, but the group of women who saved his life. you've been outside today, and you know that it is hot. take a look at this shot, the

live look, the temperatures are very, very hot, and it's been hot all day. it's been a heat wave, meteorologist, wyatt, is it true this is the coolest day of the week today? >> maybe, but a degree or two. we're talking copy days ahead. look at the heat index right now. 160 in easton, searing heat, and the only way to escape is if you're way out in the mountains. urban heat kvrdz, up -- advisory, up in philadelphia, and staying steamy, and hot until midnight tonight. by daybreak tomorrow, in the morning, the humanity is on the very very high side, so not much relief tonight. when we might see a break in the

heat, exactly, that's coming up. you know, the thing is, that's all anyone is thinking about today, and the key to this, if you want to stay cool, get out of the sun. if you can't get ready for it, that's the best advice you can have. baltimore is a city of stone and brick houses, probably not the best places to find the relief from the heat. the temperatures will feel like they're in the 100's, but mostly everyone knows what to do, stay out of the sun, stay hydrated, and if you are outside, take breaks, and drink plenty of water. you have to be alert for someone in trouble. >> certainly, if you come across someone who's sweating or they're so dehydrated they're not sweating anymore, if they're not acting