that he or she needs. abc news heard from dozens of medical experts. the vast majority felt the idea was preposterous. deciding instead to dispense advice on controlling childhood obesity. one step you can take right now, cut out the soda. no child should be drinking those empty calories on a regular basis. and i have to tell you, this subject has really ignited a passion in people. all over our message boards, america has taken sides and is weighing in. many people angry at the very idea that a family can be ripped apart over food. still others urging personal responsibility and parents to take more action. so what do you think? peggy, daniel? well, i would say more education is needed for parents. because sometimes they don t know what foods they re giving them have certain calorie levels, whether it s healthy for them. sometimes the parents don t know. and there s also an economic factor here too. sometimes food that s not so great for you is very, very cheap. sure. and the
officers to look for microexpressions of travelers that may be planning a terrorist attack. observing behavior is one of the basic tools that can be used at the airport. but obviously it is only one single tool in a much wider and more complex strategy. reporter: in a statement to abc news, the tsa said that the 25,000 s surity breaches represent just a tiny fraction of 1% of the billions of airline passengers screened since 9/11. peggy and daniel? and everybody s got to go through airport security. everyone, no exceptions. including the former secretary of defense, donald rumsfeld. take a look at this. tmz captured t tse photos of him getting the pat down here. you ll see he was at chicago s o hare airport yesterday. tmz caught these photos as rumsfeld was cooperative. they say that he even smiled at some of the agents there. they work hard, those tsa guys and women. sometimes a smile goes a long way. a lot of folks traveling might be wondering about the weather. here
this morning on world news now, presidential pushback. barack obama says the debt debate may bring down my presidency. he abruptly walked out t a white house meeting. in the most tense day of negotiations yet. it s thursday, july 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m peggy bunker. and i m daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. during last night s debt discussions the president told republicans, compromise or else. of course, he s under great pressure now that the federal credit rating is on the line. should our rating be downgraded it could impact just about everyone s savings and the economy as a whole. he said something along the lines of, don t try to call my bluff. yeah, how about that. also getting very upset. usually you sort of see president obama keep his cool.
first, paying military salaries. then paying principal and interest on the debt. they don t say what would not get paid. daniel and peggy? this is so interesting to bring it to layperson terms. it would be like not paying your credit card bill on time and then your credit rating suffers because you re obviously not keeping up with your debts. august 2nd is the big date that s looming. perhaps a temporary fix is not going to do the job to just delay the payment. the president adamant that he is not going to extend that august 2nd date. we ll have to see who gives here because there s got to be a compromise. world leaders are condemning a deadly terror attack in mumbai that killed at least 17 7 ople and injured dozens more. three cocodinated bombs tore through the city s busy financial district during the evening rush. so far there s been no claim of responsibility. but indian officials blame the attack on terrorists with links to pakistan. and the british phone-hacking scandal h
daniel. it s really a radical idea and it s intended to get people talking about childhood obesity. in the journal of the american medical association, two highly respected experts in the field are weighing in with this provocative question. should extremely obese children be pulled from their parents home in order to save them? in the last 30 years, childhood obesity in america has more than tripled. 2 million of these children are at risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and premature death. so could life-threatening obesity be considered child abuse? that s why these doctors are saying that in some cases, like young children already weighing hundreds of pounds and consuming 1,000 extra calories a day, in those cases should we start talking about protective custody? but what would that even look like? the authors don t explore all the logistics. but we know that the foster care system has its own issues. and there s no reason to believe that a child in foster care is go