a designated texter and that's what you call it. it is more so of being able to -- it's not negligencely using your cell phone that we are addicted to. it's the communicating to our friends and family members. that's what we are not letting go so easily. so having that designated texter, like a designated driver in the alcohol campaign that we have all been embeded in our brains, you have a designated driver if you're going to do any of that stuff. ever since we have been little. in elementary school and stuff. we just transferred it to designated texter and things like that. is that a marketable, and what can we do as youths to utilize social media and other areas of media that we are on every day and we can't necessarily pay for a television ad, but we can do things on facebook and twitter. >> sure. panel. >> great idea. yes. >> all four of us will be stealing that for later. >> anybody else? down here in the middle. yes, sir. >> erwin from harry medical college, nashville, tennessee. lots of thoughts. one suggestion i want to mak

texters send 23 texts while driving in the last month. >> kate amara, thank you. i do not like those numbers. 66 degrees on tv hill. an alleged acid attack was a hoax >> good friday morning. it is 68 degrees downtown. it is september 17. it will be pretty nice today. this is the last friday of the summer. we had a cold front moved through last night. we will be dry air today with highs in the low 80's. >> thank you. the woman who claimed she was attacked with acid is reportedly saying she made the whole thing up. authorities say she doused her own face with acid. police did not believe her story. there was a lack of clear information. after authorities searched her parents' home, she confessed. there is no word on any charges being filed. >> a wrong turn ended in tragedy. this happened in west palm beach yesterday morning. said ariff's deputy passenger in the car was killed. the driver was in critical condition. nobody was inside the store at the time. it is not clear what caused the court to crash. the car was going any higher rate of speed. >> 66 degrees on tv h

telegraph operators were like today's texters, and they were way ahead of us in using shortcuts and abbreviations. in its day, this was lightning fast. >> ford's theater, april 14, 1865. president abraham lincoln is shot by john wilkes booth. associated press reporter lawrence gobright is in his washington office when a friend bursts in with the news. he telegraphs this first account to the country. here is gobright's bullet, hireal words in real time. news of the president's death and all the stories that followed were sent by telegraph to the rest of the country. they were then edited and printed in local newspapers, which is how most people found out what happened. now with the internet today, it's as if we all have our own instant connection to the telegraph but without an editor between us and the rest of the world, and that it seems is a fundamental difference. the intermediaries in this information, what we've got and what we don't have today, mara. >> for the most part, i think that journalists, professional journalists are very committed to keeping those barriers and those safety nets in

los texter i've affects nearly 40% of women. -- a low sex drive affects nearly 40% of women. say just talking about problems in the bedroom could be the solution. >> we did have a chance to speak with a professional who listen to their concerns and most importantly, i've listened to what their concerns were. >> communication and support can be just as effective as the bill in some cases. >> -- as the pill in some cases. >> progressive insurance awarded $10 million to the designers behind three super efficient cars. they can be sold for just $20,000. >> the martin luther king memorial on the national is complete. congressman seneysteny hoyer, tom lewis and betty has their raw recognized. -- were all recognize. >> let's see what is coming up on abc7 news. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m., the latest on pope benedict xv's historic visit to the united kingdom. plus, the latest developments in the violence at johns hopkins this afternoon. two people are dead, and it looks like the gun man is from our area. we will tell you who he is. >> get caught up on grey's anatomy tonight on abc7 pri

help me out in the beginning, so i just -- because it was so hilarious -- >> jimmy: you're a bad texterit was hilarious. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they're like, "no one teach mom how to text." >> "no, don't tell her. don't tell her. oh mom, i'm saving that. that's the best." [ laughter ] yeah. i mean, that really means i'm old, but i can now. i can text. >> jimmy: oh, good. >> i can save some pictures that i get and things like that. >> jimmy: see that's good. [ laughter ] baby steps, baby steps. >> but i don't go online. i don't want to read anything anybody is talking about me. i have enough problems without knowing how adamantly strangers feel about me, but i -- no. >> jimmy: last time you were here, you were opening up a bar. >> a ping pong bar. >> jimmy: a ping pong bar. >> and when you talked about it, it really helped. we got so many members. it's called spin, there is one in new york, and i just opened one in milwaukee. [ cheering ] >> jimmy: did you really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: cool. >> was that for new york or milwaukee? >> jimmy: it's a night out in new york city. >> -- in the dar

. >> reporter: matt landry a texter had been off the grid for almost a day.nt scared everyone, especially his girlfriend. fr fran, why did you start calling the hospitals? >> because no one had heard from him and i wanted to know if he got in a car accident or a flat tire on the side of the road, i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: the parents, bob and doreen landry were getting more anxious by the minute waiting by the phone that didn't ring. it was monday when they called their local police in chesterfield and cops came to the house. cops get these kind of reports from families very often and usually what they say is he's a kid, give it some time, he's going to walk in the door. >> yeah, he alluded to the fact that most of the time these kids end up at crack houses and crash there for a few days and then they eventually come home. i remember saying to him, i pray to god you're right. i pray to god you're right. >> reporter: as the landries worried inside their house on monday, a few miles south in harrison township, a young woman was walking towards t

. >> matt landry, a hyper caller and texter had been off the grid for almost a day.cared everyone, especially his girlfriend. >> why did you start calling hospitals and police stations when you did? >> because nobody's heard from him. i wanted to know if he got in a car accident. maybe he got a flat tire on the side of the road. maybe he was in a ditch. i don't know what happened. >> the parents bob and doreen landry were getting more anxious by the minute, waiting by the phone. it was monday when they called their local police in chesterfield. an officer came to the house. cops get these kind of reports from families very often, and usually what they say is, he's a kid, give it some time. he's going to walk in the door. is that what he said? >> yeah. he alluded to the fact that, you know, most of the time these kids end up at crack houses and crash there for a few days and they eventually come home. i remember saying to him, i pray to god you're right. i pray to god you're right. >> as the landrys worried inside their house on monday, a few miles south in harrison t

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