nearly three quarters of the pros got their start in pop warner programs. this certainly creates awareness. >>> jim, thank you. here's a guy we all remember pretty well. wore a helmet, too. little darth vader is getting ready for open heart surgery. 7-year-old max page started in this commercial back in 2011. what viewers didn't know is max was born with a rare heart condition. tomorrow he'll get heart valve replacement surgery. he and his parents are optimistic. >> max has not known how good he can feel, so this will enable him to become more active, which is hard to believe. >> if you use your force, dream big, you can achieve anything. >> that's the spirit. he's used his star power to raise money for kids with the sail condition action and lobbied at capitol hill. >> remember that drumbeat? >> that was completely awesome. >> how memorable that was. >> and he's a cute kid, too. >>> wow, what a day. >> and you guys got to spend it outdoors. >> where were you? >> i was just -- out there. i was just out there. >> i was downtown earlier. it was nice. yesterda

most pop warner kids practice nine hours a week. the new guidelines would mean that only one third of that time could be spent in contact with another player. no head to head hits, and tackling must be initiated within the three foot zone. >> dominick never got a scan? >> no. >> reporter: doctors say children's brains are especially vulnerable. >> players who get a second, third, fourth concussion really can have a detrimental effects and have a degradation in their function. you weren't knocked out, were you? >> reporter: that's why doctors are keeping close eyes on kids like 10-year-old dominick hollister. an avid footbal and lacrosse player, he's had three concussions. and now wears a special helmet on the field and gets regular checkups. there are more than four million sports related concussions in the united states each year, and football accounts for more than half of those. so a call today, and i think a lot of people are going to be surprised tomorrow, brian, about these new recommendations. i think it's going to change how

. >> and they are limiting the pops in pop warner. time you play football you may not hit anyone. >> a look out the window. it's beautiful. the inner harbor full, ships from around the world get ready for the weekend's celebration. >> we are looking to the sykes tonight. doesn't it look beautiful? >> just cut and past for tomorrow. . >> reporter: we did have a bit of a brisk wind out of the north. salechop onto chesapeake dying off. no trouble for the other ships to make their way into the inner harbor. wins still from the north around five to 15. temperatures mid-70s. still comfortable. more comfortable tomorrow. we climb to 80 in the afternoon. maybe a few degrees warmer downtown. more on the complete weekend coming up. >> i will callt. baltimore is the best port in the world. our city is sitting tall and proud. >> tall ships and visitors come to see us this weekend. we are live as the city comes to life. looking great. >> reporter: yeah. as great as it looked during the day tonight you can almost say it looks better. that weather d

sister maddie is a pop warner cheerleader. dad matt, a coach.nd his wife roberta a spirit squad leader. they joined in part because of the organization's safety philosophy. when in doubt, sit it out. and say the new regulations bring even more reassurance. >> it's a sense of comfort knowing that he's not going to get hit all the time. >> reporter: the group's executive director says safety comes first now, but admits things weren't always that way. >> i think particularly with with concussions, so much of it was just a lack of awareness. you got your bell rung. you got dinged, get back in the game. >> reporter: more head injuries actually occur during practice than in games. that's why the organization has created a concussion awareness initiative. most kids practice nine hours a week, the new guidelines would with mean that only one with third of that time could be spent the in contact with another player. no head to head hits, and tackling must be initiated within the three foot zone. children's brains are especially vulnerable. >> players who

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going to begin in youth level, which 70% of all nfl players started in pop warner. talking maybe 500,000 youth nationwide play pop warner each year. >> safety lessons, precautions take ahold at a young age they will carry over throughout their career, high school, college, pros as well. it sets the stage for safety being a priority. hopefully, you know, again it's a culture change in sports which is -- this is our facebook question of the day as well. what do you think of pop warner football's renewed emphasis on safety? check out wnnfans.com. give us your two cents. >> i was told i cannot name the two particular colleges, two prominent colleges in the country are already implementing this into their practice and the way that they play. >> why wouldn't they be named? >> they have not confirmed it yet. >> in the process. >> in the process of doing this right now. while there is a silver lining stemming from the decision of our friend robin roberts to reveal her latest health challenge to the world. >> what a silver lining it is. since robin announced she is fightingd

got your bell rung, you got dinged, get back in the game. >> with more than 400,000 kids in the pop warner lesion, it's hoped these new guidelines will go a long way towards keeping young athletes safe. in enveloped, jim rosinfield, news4. >>> academic leaders want answers. teresa sullivan will step down on august 15th. the board of visitors has cited only philosophical differences for saying they want her to go. 33 faculty leaders have sent a letter asking what those differences are. they also say sullivan's departure would harm the university's reputation. >>> grades aren't just for schools anymoore. they can give today mayor gray unveiled the website called grade.dc.gov. they can use that site to submit comments about five eaks, including the dmv. the data will be collected and released to the public in july. mayor gray says he hopes these comments help improve the agencies's operations. >>> a name change for a metro strom. the red line station was formerly known as new york avenue/florida avenue/gallaudet u. now it's noma-gallaudet. it's short for north of massachusetts avenue, or nort

. >>> it's a unique american sport, we're talking about pop warner football.been a growing concern about how dangerous it is for kids. tonight, the league is in the middle of a medical conference in chicago and we're talking with john butler, the executive director of pop warner live via skyp from chicago. thank you very much for talking with us. let me start off by asking this question. there is a lot of talk about concussions and how dangerous football is on the pro level and in the nfl. how much of your new rules changes were driven by the nfl? >> very little, really. the changes came out starting a couple of years ago with the new awareness and a concentration on concussions and interviewed a concussion rule in september of 2010 and in the state of washington and the new rules evolve from now research coming out of virginia tech in february of this year that show the two areas of greatest concern and practices are the number of heads -- hits a child or flayer gets during practice and, cent of all, the full- speed head-to-head contact you mentioned in the n

most pop warner kids practice nine hours a week. new guidelines will have only a third of that in head to head contact. no direct hits and contact in a three-foot zone. the group's executive director says safety comes first now but admits things weren't always that way. >> i think particularly with concussions so much of it was a lack of awareness. you got dinged, get back in the game. >> for this family, pop warner is a big part of life. 8-year-old anthony plays football. sister mattie is a pop warner cheerleader, dad matt a coach and his wife roberta a spirit squad leader. they joined in part because of the safety philosophy. when in doubt, sit it out, and says the new regulations are even more reassuring. >> it's a sense of comfort knowing that he's not going to get hit all the time. >> he never got a scan? >> dr. julian bales say kids' brains are more susceptible. >> a second or third concussion, really can have detrimental effects and a degradation in their function. >> you weren't knocked out, were you? >> that's why doctors a

. >>> information about kids who play pop warner football.he organization is changing some of the rules. >>> if you haven't figured out what you're doing for dear old dad this father's day, we've got six solutions to the father's day dilemma. >> you know what i like? this shot. let's go to the harbor. this is something we don't see every 200 years. >> i was on my way to the live shot. >> all of those ships in the harbor. >> you have the blue angels performing. it's awesome. we can go straight to the other source. we did capture these tall ships there. 's so many of them arriving. to the point of clarification, the coast guard cutter igor arrives tomorrow. it's in the queue, so to speak, the lineup. that's awesome. >> we have a challenge with pear a leal parking. a pleasant, pleasant evening. it's the opening night so to speak. 0 or so by late tomorrow afternoon. we may get additional clouds but we expect no rain. so far, the weather is set up very, very nicely. >> you have the hex on the ground, all the reenactments. they'll be having fun. >>

>> the executive director of pop warner says we are trying to take the head out of football and thatwo big rules that they will start to institute. and let's go over those. the first swone is when they do the tackling drills and this is all about the practice and not play. tackling drills can last 40 minutes max. they are putting a limit on it and you cannot go on and on and secondly no head-on tackling drills starting from three yards away. if you do a head-on, you can't start from four or five yards a i wash, because you obviously gain momentum from the distance, and they want to cut that down. 250,000 kids in pop warner football ages 5-15, so this affects a lot of kids. >> and what you are reporting and sanjay reporting, both of you guys, about leading with the head, and they are trying to lessen that and get people not to do it. what led to the changes? the people being injured is one of them? >> well, one is a virginia tech study and they put the helmets on the kids, and you can't see it, but there are sensors inside of the pads here. >> cool. >> and 7 and 8-year-olds wore these

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pop warner football's guidelines include limits contact drills to a third of the practice time.d to head hits are now banned. those rules affect more than 400,000 players. >>> tomorrow, the child actor known as little darth vader will undergo open heart surgery. you know him from the super bowl commercial that made max paige famous. the 7-year-old was born with a rare heart condition and he uses a pacemaker. tomorrow he will have a heart valve replacement in los angeles. max said he cannot wait to have more energy. >> i'm looking forward to it. because i love baseball. my dad says i'm going to be a first-round draft pick. and i don't know. but i -- i'm just going with that. and i just want to try to get through this with a good attitude. so -- >> looks like he's got one. max has previously visited capitol hill to lobby against cuts to children's hospitals. >>> is it not a safety concern that have the flying wallendas worried about a stunt. they're concerned about money. nik wallenda will walk a tight rope over niagara falls on monday. they are way over budget and none of the loc

and 70% of nfl players began playing at pop warner.une will change the way that they play the game. they're going to take the head out of it. they'll not lead with the head. they'll lead with the chest and shoulders. potentially talking about a different stance than the three-point stance so you can't actually start running and charging. >> just something to keep in mind. we're all rooting on those hard hits on a sunday afternoon. keep in mind what those guys are doing to their bodies. >> they're gladiators. >> adds another -- something else to keep in mind on your sunday afternoons as we cheer these guys on. >>> we're going to shift gears now. a good news/bad news story for parents of young adults. a new government study finds that more kids are smoking pot than cigarettes. the cdc reports 23% of high school students said they recently smoked marijuana while 18% said they'd had a cigarette. one expert said the kids see pot as less dangerous than tobacco. >> shows you how readily available it has become. >>> next to the campaign trail

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pop warner is making changes hoping to reduce devastating head injuries to young players. >> limitingtackling drills were players start for more than 3 yards apart. the chairman hopes these changes will cut the number of hits to young players' heads in half. >> 5:41. the orioles take care of business against the pirates. >> ava marie live at the inner harbor as we continue coverage of sailabration. al roker will be joining me in just a few minutes. >> you might see a few clouds today. it will be a beautiful day. ♪ [ male announcer ] we have more than 3,000 daily flights on southwest airlines. and that gives our customers thousands of options to fly where they want, when they want. fly nonstop service from bwi airport to greenville-spartanburg and charleston. book all of our destinations online only at southwest.com. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. no delays that we're tracking at the moment. we have some problems spots at which started harford county. route 24, we have an accident. 95 looks pret

pop warner is making some new changes. the organization is banning head-on tackling drills. the chairman says he hopes the number of hits will be cut in half. >> u.s. retail sales dropped during the month of may. the schurick tribe in gas prices slow down the overall sales figures. gas station sales fell 2.2% in may. retail spending increased just 0.1% last month. people spend more on things like cars and appliances. there is a growing interest in seeing athletes in their underwear. it is getting more expensive to be a parent. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> a middle income family may middle $235,000 to raise a child. that is up 3.5% from the previous year. child care, transportation, and food are the biggest expenses. a recent survey reveals 44% of u.s. adults rarely buy organic even though the it is healthier way to go. people would buy more organic food if the was less expensive. the lingering worries over europe's debt crisis. the bloomberg maryland index dropping on losses for under armour. cam newton appeared in his briefs in an ad. jim palmer showed so

. >>> and how officials are revamping the rule book to protect kids who play pop warner football.evening, everybody. i'm just handley i realize and i'm wendy rieger. just moments ago a plane had to make an emergency landing. the propeller turning is on and the plane is not -- one of them isn't spinning. >>> we're told this was an a united express flight shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported an engine trouble and decided to turn back and turn off one of those engines. they're still trying to determine what caused that engine to malfunction. >>> a special education t

youth sport organization pop warner is now limiting the amount of contact drills to 40 minutes per practice. full-speed, head-on blocking is also prohibited if the player is three yards apart. studies found that hits to the head can lead to concussions and more serious conditions. >>> check in for eyewitness news at 6:00. for all of those stories coming up, denise is standing by with a preview. >>> defending the dream. maryland's highest court makes a decision. will voters still be allowed to make the final decision? >>> full steam ahead. baltimore continuing its sailabration. we'll have more coming up. now, back to adam and mary. >> denise, thank you. still to come tonight. the o's hit another hot streak. our sports director mark viviano is live at camden yards. it's a good place to be lately, mark. >> no question about it. the weather is beautiful. the team is playing well. and brian roberts is back. but what about the guy who loses his job because brian roberts is back. how does he feel? i talk to him. we'll hear from robert andino when eyew,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> well, the high-flying

. >>> pop warner is the oldest and largest youth football organization.ed new you rules meant to reduce h head injuries. it will change how coaches can run practices, banning drills with head on collisions, limiting drills with any contact at all. the rules come less than a week after a group of nfl players filed a lawsuit against the league. they accused it of hiding information about brain damage connected to hard hits on the field. >>> the constitution of our nation now on sale to the highest bidder. that is next. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new dentyne split to fit pack. it splits in to two smaller, sleeker packs that fit almost anywhere so you can take them everywhere. dentyne split to fit. practice safe breath. [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with adv

college high school all the way down to pop warner.rybody is looking at their. >> shepard: trace gallagher live tonight, thanks. >> the cooperate negligence united states just had hottest spring ever recorded on records that date back more than a century. federal record trackers. more than a degrees above the norm. governor mitt romney just did something that no politician has ever done. he raised more money than president obama and governor romney is also gaining ground in our brand new fox news polls. we'll get to the details of that plus a dog that is learning an unusual trick. >> super fellow. will love you to death. he loves his belly rubbed just like all the other dogs do. >> this dog also knows sign language. and his trainer says he hopes it will help the pooch find a home. wait until you see this as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news from your friends at fox. ugh! all work and no food is making lorenzo very snippy. oh! seriously?! ♪ [ male announcer ] hunger getting to you? oh... [ male announcer ] grab

we're talking about the pop warner league.er of a million kids play in that league nationwide. what are the changes? >> ages five to 15. some really little ones there. five. i don't know. i don't have sons, but it's a shock that kids play that young. they're looking at what's happening in college football and profootball with the concussions and lawsuits. they have been looking at studies. they want to make it that during practices, this is not about play. it's about practices. you can only spend 40 minutes max tackling drills. also no head on tackling drills from more than three yards away. you build up momentum and the crash is even stronger. >> okay. it's likely to happen those kinds of collisions while in game, but you cut down on those collisions in practice, then you are prolonging the health of these young athletes? >> hopefully. >> then; what's with the helmets? >> this is part of the reason why or the big reason why they made the changes was a because of a virginia tech study. it put sensors inside the helmet. if you

pop warner football taking dramatic steps to limit contact.ncluding booking and head on drills. the changes sparked by concussion. a rhode island man has been sentenced to sue years probation for selling kane sugar as syrup in vermont. martha: i can tell the difference. maple syrup is one of my top five favorite. you can't do that. how about this for you this morning, ten jetblue passengers are now suing the airline. they claim that they feared for their lives after a pilot lost control, went running and screaming through the cabin about al-qaida, and about 9/11. can you imagine being in this situation? [yelling and screaming] martha: can you imagine? the pilot is supposed to be in control of this plain. he is on the ground and they are trying to restrain him. some people suffered minor injuries in all this. no one was seriously hurt. if convicted the pilot faces up to 20 years in prison. joey jackson is a former prosecutor. i am against an overly louisia letigious society. i can't believe they don't have a strong case. >> this is predicated u

. >>> and pop warner basketball players won't be taking as many hits in the future.-- over long-term damage from head injuries. league officials say contact will be limited during practice. and full-speed head-on, certain blocking tackling drills will be banned. that is great, great news. >>> meanwhile, plenty of tackling at this courthouse in kentucky. watch as chaos erupts when an inmate tried to make an old-fashioned run for it. the prisoner in court for a hearing, tackled the deputy the door of his holding cell. everyone ran for cover, understandably. the bailiffs were finally able to restrain the inmate. >>> finally, we want to take a moment to update you on the overwhelming, tremendous outpouring of support we have all received, robin has received, as she announced earlier this week she's fighting a blood disorder and will undergo a bone marrow transplant. since monday, the number of americans signing up to be bone marrow donors has soared by more than 1,000%. again, go to bethematch.org. we'll have a link on goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! it is that easy. an

this could change football all the way back to pop warner. trace, thank you very much. are calling this one the beauty queen versus the billionaire. donald trump is threatening to sue the former miss pennsylvania after she claims the donald's pageant was rigged. we'll show why the accusations get worse from there. we have karl rove coming up as well. he says the vote in wisconsin showed us the secret to winning the 2012 election. up next he will tell us what it is. and what he believes it would take for governor romney to win the white house in november. karl rove coming up. >> we tell our country and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. are gluten. even a cinnamon one the kids love. the word "wow" comes to mind. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. good and gluten free. [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more

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