for parents to go over safety at home. baltimore county police have a few suggestions. first, don't put your name or child's name on anything a stranger can see like a backpack or jacket. if your child walks to school, walk with them and point out places where they might go along the way if they need help. and talk to your kids about stranger danger and tell them, if an adult they don't know asks for help, they should tell the a double to find another adult. if your kids are alone, make sure they don't share that information with anyone and never answer the door for a stranger. those are good tips coming from police. while we're talking back to school, now it's a good time to get your child's eyes examined. and you can do it when they are two years old and every four years after that. your child's school can help catch problems. it's important for teachers and parents to pay attention to more subtle signs. >> it could be something like not to see the chalkboard or

doing poorly in school and not paying attention in school. sometimes students change their desk position in order to see better. >> most eye defects can be easily corrected with glasses or contact lenses. whether your kids need new glasses for back to school or not, they will need supplies. we have teamed up with a foundation for a school supply drive. we are collecting all the essentiallies for local kids in need. we have a list of the items and the donation sites where you can still drop-off for another week. head to abc2news.com/schoolsupplies. in tonight's consumer alert, would you believe that your i-phone can cost you as much in energy as your refridge er tor to. matter phone, laptops and digital tvs, there are a tons of

way to stay connect bud all those devices require a ton of energy. the iphone uses more energy than that of a refrigerator. 322 kilowatts an hour, the average iphone, 361, that includes the wi-fi, data usage and charging. it's not just smart phone, out of all the new technology we have, it uses about 10% of the world's energy pie. to put that another way, all the new technology together uses 50% more energy than global aviation uses. analysts say that the need for electricity will just keep growing because who knows how many devices or what types of devices we'll have in 20 years and we keep them on all the time. think about it, lighting and air conditioning you turn off but you don't turn off your phone or your dvr box. facebook could become the new pay pal of the internet.

they want to partner up with current shopping apps to just sign into their facebook account. to use the service, shoppers would have to save their credit or debit card information to facebook. some say that facebook will have a hard time going up against more established sites like he bay. you think you have heard this before, obesity is bad for your health. could it be worse than we thought. we have that story. >> reporter: heavy, big boned, full figured. we don't like to say the word but being fat is a major health problem effecting more than one in three americans. we already know that it's not good for us, about new research gives us a startling new number. it might contribute to nearly one in five deaths. the study was funded by the robert wood johnson foundation. it looked at health data for more than 700,000 people over a 20-year period. what researchers found is that

18% of all deaths in america are directly related to obesity. previous reports suggested that this number was only 8% in men and 12 percent in women. so researchers worry that this one health measure, our weight, could erase decades worth of gains in the country's life expectancy. the solution it would seem is in our hands, we have move, eat healthier and lose weight. your life may be one they are talking about. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. if you want to avoid calls from your child's teacher, don't pack a soda in the lunch box. soda is linked to behavior problems in young kids. previous research made the link in teens but this is the first time sugary drinks are laced to behavior issues in younger childrens. five years old that show drink

show aggression and difficulty paying attention. choking is bad for children. the beltway for kids under 5 is to cut everything in small pieces and cut the food into triangle shapes because it will pass through if the food does get caught in a child's throat. >> at any age, particularly small kids, they should be sitting down when they eat even when eating candy. they are easily distracted and never be playing with food in their mouth. >> getting kids to sit and focus decreases the risk of choking significantly. we are used to putting young kids in booster seats but now there are restraints for man's best friend. what you need to know before you buy one for your dog. a call to 911, and how the person on the other end ended up saving the day. and we're keeping an eye on kent island, a busy bay bridge area. you can see that the clouds at times have billowed up.

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cars are rated for fuel mileage. the epa is adding 30 workers to the examination program. right now test their own models. the epa will perm perform spot checks. there are laws in place to make sure that children's car seats are used properly, but you might be surprised when it comes to pets there are very few regulations. we have more on the need for safer pet harnesses. when i slammed on the brakes to avoid an accident, has gony went flying. >> her dog was injured when she got tangled into inn a restraint. test video shows what happens this when a dog is launched off a seat during a crash. her organization, the center for pet safety started testing dog harnesses in 2011. all four tested failed.

>> what we're seeing in the testing is that even though the dog is attached, the dog continues to launch off the see the. >> reporter: the crash tests found that the majority of the restraints don't keep your pet on the seat at the point of impact. but you can see the restraints just like this one, this could save your pet's life. >> there's been a lot of innovation that continues and we keep on every daytoning to improve these. >> reporter: the owner says that any harness that keeps the dog from becoming a distraction from the driver makes things safer. >> 80% of the people are doing nothing. the dog is running around in the car and is a distraction. >> reporter: not every manufacturer does adequate testing and wants an industry standard as well as cars with sturdier points to harness your pet.

it's up to owners to educate themselves. >> you want to first, look for the crash video posted by the manufacturer to their web site. if the dog launches off the seat, there's a risk there. and now, from abc maryland's most accurate forecast. >> let's look at the statistics from this morning. 53, the new all-time record low temperature there at bwi. this is a more than 30-year-old record being smashed this morning. sunset by the way getting earlier and earlier at 8:00. keep that in mind. will there be more summer heat. i think we can make a run at it. august has some life in it. stay tuned on that. let's take at ocean city this afternoon, not a lot of people headed out. maybe get there a day early. sunshine was on tap for a lot of the day. clouds and roll in and at times you may have to deal with this. you could see this by baltimore east this afternoon.

the rain chances will be holding off into the day on sunday. a brighter story on the baltimore east side, high thin cloud cover but a lot of sunshine. we have a bright sky but some cloud cover. and then the clouds thicken up late in the day. bwi 77 degrees with a low. winds out of the east at 6 miles per hour. look at the mobile app here, you have the app that can shoot a photo and send us at any time. abc weather on twitter. golf forecast is right around 80 by noon. it looks like a great day on the links. some cloud cover and you can see the distant greens better. a light east breeze and humidity moderate. it will be climbing late tomorrow into sunday. upper 70s and it is going to cool off slowly. it's down into the 60s overnight.

on a light easterly breeze. by the way, humidity so very comfortable. it will be ramping up tomorrow across the state. the enhanced moisture could help fuel a late shower tomorrow evening. i think the best chances for rain are going to hold off into the day on sunday. looking up and down the east coast, there is no active weather to the west which is normally where we focus on for approaching weather. in this case, it's a coastal running rain system to thank could bring showers by sunday. high pressure, is the good guy. a big bubble keeping the weather looking good for the rest of the evening and i think even early on saturday. as this drifts north, we have the stationary front mixing out and drifting north, it will kind of open the gates up and allow the rain to move from south to north. you can see it here on the future trend forecast, the rain is staying south tomorrow. we have some cloud cover in here, but as we go beyond tomorrow and into the day on sunday, more moisture is lifting into mid-atlantic. rain chances are increasing with on and off showers.

the tropics are getting more and more active. we'll see if this disturbance spins up, 50/50-shot. and a tropical storm is now downgraded to a tropical depression, aar not looking all that big. bright and early and then the clouds will be thickening up. and then on sunday, lingering into monday potential we have some showers. we looking good beyond that. tuesday, wednesday, thursday. and there is the next run, even though we set a record low this morning, an august has some life left. >> it looks dry on those days. >> some good summer days coming up. but the weekend again kind of better early than late. >> and spend the last weekend at the beach metropolitan. maybe. >> well, hour before her

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this the story on washington state, just hours before she was set to walk down the aisle, a woman packing up her car realized that her wedding dress had been stolen. we have more on the crime that nearly ruined her big day. >> reporter: it's enough to make any bride want to call her her wedding. she was packing up her car ready for the big day and then. . . >> i'm calling to report a dress stolen. >> i'm sorry you said your

truck was stolen. >> no. the thief laughing as he ran off with the wedding gown. >> are you getting married today? >> yeah. >> who does that? >> the 911 dispatcher, a five-year veteran posed a question many wouldn't have thought to ask. >> what size is your ask? >> 3. >> an i'm thinking will i have a dress. >> i can just put myself in her place about how horrified she would be. that's kind of the biggest part of the wedding. >> so, she texted the bride a photo of the gown and who could imagine the dress worn a year and a half earlier would be a perfect fit. >> so, i'm a little emotional.

>> in an abc news exclusive, the two women asked that their last names not be used met for the first time. >> i want you to know that you are seriously an amazing person and a lot of people wouldn't have done that. >> police haven't been able to track down the thief who stole the wedding dress, but they now have a friendship for life. even wyatt is smiling at that story. from gowns to a jeans and a t-shirt, if you don't have a bra that fits right, it won't fit good. getting fitted can be hard, a new app that comes in will be free. you can find a perfect bra using her smart phone. take front and side pictures of yourself wearing a tank top and a bra they came that is just the right size shows up on the doorstep. >> all the data is private and only ever used by our scientists

who make our fit better. >> and if it works, the app could take off. the turnaround time is only about two days. all new at 6:00, the opportunity to learn and play here in august. and don't blow your back to school budget, several mistakes that you don't want to make when doing your back to school shopping. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. and now a preview of world news at 6:30. how would you like to find some extra real money for this sfwhend. >> that's amazing. >> tonight we'll reveal hidden secrets on how to score savings for a family night out. how you could save thousands on world news tonight with diane sawyer.

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first, it was a river but a new book is questioning whether women can have it all. a new release with one goal in mind telling women to stop trying to be so good as everything. the book is called "wonder women" she says that the expectations put on themselves have become overwhelming. >> women are no longer expected to be wonderful wives and mothers and very professional career women and be bred winners in their families and look like models until they are into their 70s and it's nuts. >> she wrote the book because she wants women to remember that life can get messy and complicated and the earlier they

can admit not being perfect, the saner they will be. your student needs textbooks and pencils but an overpacked backpack can be a pain much how to wear a backpack to stay comfortable. that's on abc2 news at 6:00 starting right now. . the biggest problem is making sure that we have enough stock to do the job that our customers expect us to do. >> thieves targeting verizon stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in wire and equipment. we have news on the big reward that the company is offering. two months after a crash injures two girls, a howard police officer is faced with charges. and facing a domestic abuse from attacking the victim again. a group is proposing a gps tracker to keep the abuser away. tonight, top the news, verizon offering a $10,000 reward after a series of thefts in recent months have struck

hard at the company. we have more on the crimes that have now cost the company more than $300,000. >> reporter: verizon claims it has the most advance fiber optic network but it's appealing to the customers to catch the biggest threat to the network here in maryland. >> verizon is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of anyone that has been breaking into our facilities and taking our material. >> reporter: within a matter of hours after the bounty was announced, thieves broke into this facility in bel air for the fourth time in recent weeks. this time they took ten spools of bury service wire, each carrying 5,000 feet of wire worth an estimated $2 per foot. criminals have also hit 15 other verizon facilities throughout the state taking sophisticated installation and testing equipment. >> a number of scenarios, they could be selling it. they could be getting the copper out of it, they could be -- for

their own business. we have no idea. >> reporter: the company is circulating surveillance pictures from one recent theft in the town of northeast but the criminals haven't been deterred from the presence of security cameras. in fact, at bel air, they got past the security gate and into a secured garage to load the loot into a van without any sign of forced entry all while remember zon workers are still on the clock. >> we have technicians in and out of the facility all day and night. obviously, at the time these people knew that no one was in here and they know what they are doing. that also has us concerned about who might be doing this and what knowledge they have gained to do this. >> so, if you have any information that could lead to the thieves and become eligible for the reward, you can contact place or call the remember zon

-- verizon control center. a robbery and a recent robbery of a grad student at johns hopkins, they were near the homes not right on campus. yesterday, a woman was grabbed from behind and pulled to the ground by several teens while she was work walking. she took off with her purse in a stolen call. call baltimore city police if you have information. hundreds of alleged gang members arrested in a nationwide sting b the feds. they locked up a total of 361 suspects across the country including some right here in maryland. the investigation targeted ms 13 gang members in addition to the arrests, agencies seizes drugs and $122,000 in cash. an update on breaking news