good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with a radical new idea born out of a health care emergenen. what to do about the number one health crisis in america, not to mention the health care costs threatening to bankrupt the country. today,y,wo highly respected doctors in a major publication took a look at the millions and millions of america's seriously obese children, some weighing hundreds of pounds at an early age, and they suggested some of them should be taken away from their parents in order to save them. and here's why. in 30 years, childhood obesity in america has more than so, dan harris tells us about this startling new proposal and asks the question, if lives are at stake, what would you do? >> reporter: harvard's dr. david ludwig, one of america's premiere childhood obesity experts, says today, in a prestigious medical journal, that in certain situations, some of america's estimated 2 million extremely obese children should be taken from their parents. late today, we spoke to him via satellite. >> taking a child away from their parents is a drastic action. should only be used as a last resort. but when we have a 400-pound child with life-threatening complications, there may not be any great choices. >> reporter: abc news heard from two dozen experts and all but three of them disagreed, including the ethicist art caplan. if you are a child who was morbidly obese and there was a risk your life was going to be drastically shortened, wouldn't you want somebody to come and save you and rescue you? >> i'd say, you can't get someone in my house and make this a safe place for me? can't you help my parents? >> reporter: in fact, that is exactly what dr. ludwig proposes. that before removing an obese child from his or her home, state officials would provide the parents wi s with counselin education. but is there any way to guarantee that state government officials will actually take the intermediate steps before they take that big step of removing a child from the home? >> the state has no incentive to take a child away from their parents unnecessarily. >> reporter: but he cannot guarantee they won't. nor can he guarantee a child sent into foster care will actually improve. when anna marie regino was taken from her parents in albuquerque, new mexico, she didn't improve at all. she was later returned to her parents and diagnosed with a genetic predisposition. >> it did more damage to my daughter. if they really did care about that child, they would take more effort to stay with the family. >> reporter: dr. ludwig admits foster care is not a perfect option. but he says one option we certainly do not have is inaction. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> so, i want to bring in abc's chief health and medical editor dr. rich besser. rich, you know this area so well. are we all a public health emergency level, this has to be address? >> reporter: you know, diane, i think this is an absolutely terrible idea. the solution is not to demonize parents. i think foster care would be a disaster. but i know the doctor who wrote this. and i think his primary goal has been achieved. he's issued a four-alarm warning about this problem and he's getting us talking about it. >> so, if foster care is way too far, what's the answer? >> reporter: well, one easy thing yoyocan do, i know it's going to sound simple, but no sugary sodas for kids. i think this is the number one contributor. if you look at a child who is having two bottles of soda a day, over the course of a year, that can account for 50 pounds in additional weight. but it's not just the parents' problem. it's all of our problem. we need to get involved in the schools. make sure the cafeterias are serving healthy food. we need to demand gym class every single day if our children. if you live in a neighborhood that doesn't have access to healthy fruits and vegetables, band together. take turns. have a designated buyer who goes to another neighborhood that buys those foods and brings them back. ere are things we need to do. >> and we can do it together, kind of neighborhood watch together. >> reporter: exactly. >> dr. besser, thank you. and we turn now to a ominous turn today as america's economy edges closer to a cliff in the squabble over the debt. late today, widely watched moody's credit firm sent out a thunderous warning. america's top-notch credit rating is now on notice about the possibility of downgrade which could crash markets and kill the creation of jobs. as more white house meetings took place today, abc's jim avila decided to bring a plan of action to keep your money safe in the days ahead. >> reporter: paul rollins and jan moran, retired in asheville, north carolina, living off their 401(k) fund and now concerned it could take a second massive hit in four years. >f we got hit the same way we did before, we would lose our house and we would be looking for a rental apartment in very short order. >> reporter: like most families, paul and jan's 401(k) and i.r.a. account are their biggest investment after their home. 60 million americans have a 401(k)-type plan. $4.7 trillion worth, or about $74,000 per account. and with today's threat from moody's to review america's credit rating, when should paul and jan and other small middle class investors start to worry? abc news asked a dozen prominent financial analysts and all said, watch your portfolio carefully, but it's too early to make any moves. >> not a better time than now to make sure that you are not overexposed to any one particular area that might get hit. >> reporter: but if there's no agreement as the august 2nd crunch time approaches, what triggers should you look for as a warning? the pros are watching what's called the ten-year treasury yield. the price of government debt. you can find it on any financial website. >> if that starts edging up and going sharply higher in the next couple of weeks, that's a signal that perhaps the confidence that this budget crisis can be averted isn't really that strong, and then you have to worry. >> reporter: and, if a deal is not reached? how w you protect your 401(k)? moststf the experts advice not to make any sudden changes, but if you must, move away from stocks and towards cash funds within your 401(k). >> pulling everything out and figuratively putting it in the mattress would certainly be a protection, there's plenty of people that have been buying precious metals, particularly gold. >> what about this, our credit rating now on notice, jim? how serious is this? >> reporter: well, the good news is, it's a warning. it means there's still time to fix it. it's like, if your credit department calls you up, a credit card, says, you got to pay, and if you don't, we're going to raise your rates. and make it for difficult for you to borrow. that's what moody's is saying. >> well, the clock continues to tick down. thank you, jim avila. and tonight, one of the world's busiest financial capitals is reeling from a deadly terror attack. three bombs, just minutes apart tore through the center of mum bye mumbai, during the evening rush hour, killing at least 21 people. it was the city's worst terror attack since the 2008 siege that left more than 160 dead. and, the giant billionaire rupert murdoch is on a hotter hot seat tonight, and it's here in this coununy. congressman peter king, chairman of the committee on homeland security, says there are credible questions tonight about whether reporters at murdoch's tabloid papers tapped the phones of 9/11 victims, digging for details of their private anguish. king is asking the fbi to move in on murdoch's news corp, right here in the u.s. and our consumer watchdog report tonight, tackles a sly scam on your phone bill. a new report about hidden fees costing consumers billions each year. it's called cramming. and today, we learned about the phone companies letting this happen. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: as larry vido's phone bill grew, so did his little did he know, he was also paying $14.95 for something called voicemail monthly fee. and another 8.23 for something called my billing service monthly fee. both charges were fraudulent. >> how could this happen? how could somebody start charging my account, i guess, similar to charging my credit card without my knowledge? >> reporter: in a hearing today, we learned larry is one of as many as 20 million consumers who fall victim each year to a fraud called cramming. false charges tacked onto your phone bill costing consumers $2 billion a year. fraudsters fool your phone company into thinking that you used a special phone service. whether it's an 800-number, or, s say, a deluxe voice mail and that you owe a small fee. your phone company adds the charge to your bill. so here's what you should do. look at your bill for $15 charges or less. a red flag might be something like other providers or miscellaneous charges. next, call your phone company. ask for an explanation for the charges. if it's not something you signed up for, demand t t charges be dropped. then, tell them you want to opt out of all third party services. the good news? putting an end to these fraudulent charges is just a phone call away. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and if you want to take a look at your phone bill and compare it to those charges, the cramming, we'll show you how to do it, line by line, on abcnews.com/worldnews. and when we come back on "world news," jaycee dugard. someone new linking arms to get change. and chris cuomo gets action today. why this skillet may be the one thing you'll love to have, and it could create jobs in america. and carmageddon. epic wedlock. how will a wedding couple get to the church on time? 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"i do not suspect he will ever be at risk for violence." >> okay, this room here? >> reporter: and poor supervision extended to state parole officers, as well, who visited garrido's home 60 times without finding jaycee and her daughters. >> he's an arrogant little guy. >> reporter: we tracked down one of the officials responsible for cutting garrido's federal probation short. mr. messner, we just want to ask you a question. but there was little interest in coming clean. one example may crystallize all the mistakes. garrido often explained away reports and sightings of the children in his home by saying they were his brother's children. but one phone call, hello, brother of crazy phillip garrido. do you have kids? no, thank you very much, have a good day, hang up the phone, go and arrest phillip garrido. and find out where the kids are. >> right. it was very easy to dispel this story that he was telling. we spoke to his brother and the brother didn't have any children. >> i'm doing everything i'm supposed to do. >> i know it. >> reporter: children advocates say the failures of the garrido case are a wakeup call for officials to do a much better job keeping track of dangerous predators living among us. >> they need to be watched. they need to be supervised. we need to know who they are, where they are and what they're doing. >> so, tell us about the letter. >> reporter: all right, here's the good news. we've been trying to get answers. people giving us the run around, didn't want to step up. so, lamar smith, representative out of texas, republican, the chairman, he sends us a letter, he says, we're going to fare it out for you. we're going to send it to the right people. we're going to make them answer your questions. and he is demanding information about policies in place to make sure there is not another garrido. this is good news. >> a team is coming together for jaycee. thank you, chris. and, by the way, chris and i will be back together on saturday with some new footage from the jaycee interview, and his reporting in an encore presentation of our two hours. saturday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. and coming up, one thing that could help american jobs. and you just might want to have it. óó so i was the guy who was never going to have the heart attack. i thought i was invincible. i'm on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. 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