they were born at the tacoma zoo yesterday. they're a boy and a girl, they're healthy, they're feeding. they're tipping the scales at about half a pound each. you can see the scales in their hands. they will be hand raised to ensure their safety. no names yet. the zoo plans to hold a contest for that. all right, let's continue on, shall we? top of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. a couple stories we're working here on this wednesday. you have secretary leon panetta telling john mccain what he doesn't like about mccain's call for troops to syria. and this news just in, the vatican's web site, the vatican, has been hacked. time to play reporter roulette. chris lawrence, i do want to begin with you there at the pentagon. talking about the multiple exchanges between ranking member of the armed services committee, senator mccain, and secretary of defense panetta. what happened? where do they disagree?

>> there was a big disagreement between senator mccain and secretary panetta about the u.s. going alone into syria. mccain made a very strong point going back to the '90s saying, look, when the atrocities were happening in bosnia, the united states acted and it's time for us to act here. he had a very pointed question to panetta saying, how many more tens of thousands have to die before you're willing to go in? but panetta countered and said, look, i'm not going to send american troops, men and women, into this situation unless i'm sure of exactly what we can accomplish there. we heard today some of the real factors that the u.s. is considering, you know, that you've got 100 different groups as part of the opposition, so not a clear idea of who they are. high density, high population centers, and a syrian air defense force that presents much, much more challenging defenses than libya's did.

>> let me ask you about this. the exchange specifically about the u.s. asking permission to launch an attack. tell me about that. >> secretary panetta said basically they want to go to the international community, get permission and then come back and inform congress about that. you know, one of the senators, jeff sessions, said, you've got it mixed up. you're supposed to get permission from congress and then take that to the international community. again, all of this was playing out over the fact of going it alone. and i spoke with a senior defense official here just a couple minutes ago who said, look, in this part of the world, does the u.s. really want to go to war in another arab country by itself? he says no. he says, what they're trying to do is get some sort of international consensus. he said it lends legitimacy to the effort and it's important how the action is looked at not only within the u.s. but all these other countries that surround syria as well. brooke? >> chris lawrence, thank you.

next on reporter roulette, no clear knockout on super tuesday. the battle wages on with all four congressional nominees. dana bash like magic from ohio to capitol hill. there you are. sort of romney eking out that victory where you were last night, what's ahead for these four guys? >> well, the race is on big time. romney's political director released a memo first thing this morning arguing that there is virtually no way for any of the three opponents to ultimately gather enough delegates to win, but was very specific in terms of the map, and i will show you a couple examples of this argument he's making. for example, april 24 is the next big day, and it will be a total of 222 delegates, by our count, that day. connecticut, delaware, new york, he argued that those are not good states for particularly

rick santorum, his chief rival. then the next big day, we're talking several months from now, june 5. he talks about montana, new jersey, new mexico, south dakota for various reasons. whether it's a proportionality of the way the delegates are allocated or the terrain for rick santorum versus mitt romney saying this is not good for him. also just makes the point at the end, brooke, saying governor romn romney's opponents keeping in this race is only going to help one person, and that's barack obama. >> while we talk, if no one actually hits that 444 number and we have a broker convention, when is the last time we had a broker convention? >> you're putting me on the spot. i want to say gerald ford. >> 1970s, right? >> 1970s. i'm sure i'll get a million tweets about this and i'll definitely be looking that up.

but i want to mention the santorum retort that i just mentioned about the romney campaign. very interesting, they call this voodoo math. that's what santorum's top adviser called it. that's reminiscent of another big fight. voodoo economics is what george h.w. bush called reagareaganomi. they're really making the campaign for -- they didn't say specifically they want newt gingrich out of the race, but the socially conservative voters really need to get behind rick santorum because that is how they believe they can only defeat the so-called moderate in the race. not calling newt gingrich out, but boy, are they right on the line. >> thank you, dana bash. next, the feds say cyber

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...we inspected his brakes for free. free is good. free is very good. my money. my choice. my meineke. this just in to us, a hacker group has now taken down the vatican's web site. i want to bring in amber lyon. she's on the story. i know this hacker group anonymous, this isn't the first

time they've caused a little trouble. >> a spokesman with the vatican is confirming their official web site was hacked today. also some members of this online anonymous it taking credit for this. they tell me the main reason for targeting the vatican's web site is, quote, they're upset with the catholic church's teaching on birth control and abortion and the way they handled the widespread sex abuse scandal. this certain source also tells me that the attackers, brooke, were able to take control of the vatican's web site for more than two hours, which means most likely they were able to extract some information, and we'll probably be hearing about that later on, brooke. >> do we know yet? did your source tell you what kind of information that they either got or wanted to get? >> the source is not confirming or denying that they were able to extract any information, but as we've seen in the past with this on-line collective, when they are able to penetrate a web

site, it's usually followed by some kind of leak on line or some type of leak to the media, brooke. >> amber lyon, thank you. talking about the vatican today. we talked about nasa before. they compromised the space agency's computers. now, a former shuttle astronaut wants to know how hackers gain access to what should be the world's most secure computers? to get answers we have brought in dave atile. he is a computer hacker whose business it is to know where people are on these computers. dave, how easy is this? how easy is it for a hacker to gain access to a computer such as nasa's computer system? >> i think it's funny that he said that nasa should have the most protective computers. historically they have been hacked over and over again for the past decade. so i don't know that maybe they should, but they certainly don't

have the world's most protected computers. certainly, i think the bad news is that every computer can be hacked and possibly the worst news is that every computer basically is being hacked all the time. you know, in terms of how easy it is, i would have to say that even if it's a little bit technically challenging, it's definitely doable and you saw that with the vatican hack. i guess even if you're protected by a deity, you'll have to face the wrath of teenagers with a map. >> i know you're not a hacker but from a computer securities expert perspective, what is the impetus to hack? is it bragging rights? is it the information you can gather? why? >> i think the impetus for each of these individuals, each of these groups is very different. nasa has specifically said they were attacked 47 times and 13 of them were successful last year alone. and in that case, what they're

looking at is nations fate against nations fate, espionage. they clearly have information the other people want to have. in that case, computers are going to be at risk because they're going to hit you with things you've never heard of, basically no way to know how to protect yourself against. and i think you'll see relatively little impact. >> you're talking u.s. and government entities. you would think this should be fort knox and it's not always. if you're brought in or you have a security expert brought in to help close any holes, loopholes, what do you do? is it possible to totally close all that? >> i don't think with current technology any information security officer is going to tell you it's possible to totally close it. what they're going to say is maybe we should spend a little bit more on it. if you look at nasa, they spent

4% of their i.t. budget on information security. i'm sure now they wish they would have spent 5%, or whatever it may have taken. on the other hand, they're going to get to the point where they just sort of assume they're going to be hacked at some point, and they learn how to deal with that. they have to have a policy that classified it, stores it appropriately, and you have to run your business as if you assume everything you say and do will become public. that's sort of a change in business philosophy, in a way. >> so if it becomes public no matter how much you spend on i.t. security, is there any consumer takeaway here? is there anything you and i can do if some government entities act? >> i think what you or i do is probably very different from what these big corporate entities do. they do have some new technology coming out and some hope. what you or i can do, of course, is to not make basic mistakes. for example, you or i should not

wear the same patchwork quilt. >> dave, thank you so much talking computer security with us here. we have got a report suggesting tobacco companies are getting around the law. this is something the government is unveiling tomorrow. you're about to hear it here first. elizabeth cohen walking up. we'll get the news in 60 seconds. be right back. [ female announcer ] this is the story of eves.

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coming out of the surgeon general's office regarding kids and tobacco. parents, pay close attention. i want to bring in senior correspondent elizabeth cohen. you've talked to sources. you've gotten this report. what does it say? >> this comes out tonight about kids and tobacco. we've obtained it from different sources who read the whole thing. basically the surgeon general is saying you're not supposed to market tobacco to kids, but there are other ways the tobacco industry is getting to kids, and they say the tobacco industry is spending $10 billion a year marketing to young people. that's $29 million a day. i want to show you an example. like i said, it's not joe camel anymore, but take a look at this. when you see marketing from marlboro next to an ice cream snack at a convenience store, what does that say to kids? it's right near the product that

they love. there's been accusations that the tobacco industry and the convenience stores are sort of working together to make this happen. you see them near hush puppies. here's the actual product. >> what is that? >> those are actual little cigarettes, the colored things in the back. that's not candy. it looks like candy but it's not. it's actually tobacco that's fruit flavored. i know my kids would love this, right? you look at it, it looks delicious. it's right next to chocolate easter eggs. what kid isn't going to put that together and associate tobacco with being something fun, like candy. >> but again, that's something you're not supposed to be buying until you're 18. >> correct. i think the feeling is when you put it next to candy or ice cream, you're sort of giving the subtle or not so subtle message that this is a product that, you know, it's like ice cream or candy. the tobacco industry, we've reached out to them. we've not been able to get in touch with them but in the past they've said we do not market to

underage smokers, but the public says they've got to stop marketing these two products together. >> but i guess beyond just cigarettes, are there other products they're tyirying to se? >> the tobacco industry has come out with new products that some believe are being marketed to kids in some subtle ways. let's take a look at one called snoot. it's a non-smoking tobacco. it's one you put in your mouth. it comes in sort of fun flavors like winter chill and mellow. and if you look at the graphics of this, it's fun looking, right? so some of these advocates feel they're trying to appeal to kids. even things like flavoring, for example -- this is interesting, i didn't know this. half of all middle schoolers who smoke smoke menthol cigarettes. it's interesting, isn't it? one, because it's flavored, according to these advocates, and two, the menthol apparently

anesthetizes your throat to some extent, but it's easier to get the tobacco down. >> so if you don't like the taste -- >> exactly. so half of all middle schoolers and four out of five african-american middle schoolers who smoke smoke menthol cigarettes. so these advocates are saying just take menthol off the market because it's a kid magnet. >> looking ahead, since you have been the surgeon general and they're releasing this tonight, what are they trying to do? >> they're trying to get the fda to enforce the rules that are already out there and take a look at these kinds of things and see, is there more that we need to do so that cigarettes don't appeal to kids. >> i never smoked. >> good for you. >> i never did. yuck. >> and you're beautiful with great teeth and great skin and that's why. >> we all have our vices, i suppose. thank you, it's quite fascinating. now let's move along and show

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storn a. a special forces soldier who returned home after multiple

deployments, and he and his wife jumped from their second floor of their burning home to safety. but chief warrant officer edward c cantrell went back in to try to shai save his two daughters. >> it was a large house, surrounded by trees and a big yard, plenty of room for two little girls to roam with a little kids' wagon. a house built nearly a century ago. so when the fire broke out, it broke through fast. mom and dad jumped out of the second floor window, but the girls, they were still in here. here's what investigators say happened next. the children's dad, chief warrant officer dane cantrell, six times deployed, wrapped himself in a blanket and went in. his wife, louise cantrell, went

to this place next door. >> she was banging on the doors and she said for them to call 911 and her babies were in the house? >> her babies were 6 years old and 4 years old. bella was a kindergartener here at bella elementary school. >> you walked past her in the hall and she would grab onto your leg and give you a hug. >> but she, her dad and sister would not make it out alive. for louise, it's not the image she wants to remember. it's the trip one of the girls made last week to the hairdresser. >> she just laughed and laughed and talked about her mother, because her mother knew me. we just had the best time, and that's the last thing i can remember right now. >> reporter: we leave you with this image. dad and his two princesses. >> again, that was brian mentz. still ahead, six soldiers are missing in afghanistan. we are getting a clearer picture of what actually happened to them. the feds are coming down on

one company for a product that promises caffeine without the coffee. lizzie o'leary has the scoop, next.

news developing right now. i want to begin with those six british soldiersoldiers. they are presumed dead after their armored vehicle apparently hit a land mine in afghanistan. this happened out on patrol in southwestern afghanistan. members of the nato-led international security has since secured the area, but they will

not officially confirm the deaths until they get inside the damaged vehicle. president obama visiting north carolina today talking jobs and clean energy at a manufacturing facility, and he unveiled a new program in challenging communities to embrace more fuel-efficient technology. >> i'm announcing today a program that will put our communities on the cutting edge of what clean energy can do. for cities and towns all across the country, what we're going to say is if you make a commitment to buy more advanced vehicles for your community, whether they run on electricity or biofuels or natural gas, we'll help you cut through the red tape and build fueling stations nearby. also, the man accused of killing 77 people in norway officially charged today. police say he detonated a bomb, shot up a camp full of kids last

summer, and there is a big debate now over his sanity. should he be convicted? prosecutors call this guy psychotic. you have prince harry versus the fastest man in the world in jamaica. let's watch. and they're off. i'm thinking prince harry not exactly going to qualify for the summer olympics in london. i could be wrong. but it was all smiles between these two guys. there they go, striking the pose. the prince has been touring the caribbean this week in honor of the queen's 60 years on the throne. coffee lovers, caffeine lovers, there's a product out there raising some eyebrows. it's a shot of caffeine without the coffee. now the feds have issued a big warning over this. lizzie o'leary in washington.

it's breathable, like you would somehow inhale this caffeine? remind me how it works. >> you kind of nailed it there, brooke. that's one of the points of controversy. it's called the aeroshot and it's basically a caffeine powder that you spray into your mouth. this is where the feds' eyebrows get raised, both marketing, that question of breathable energy, and safety. what are you doing shooting this caffeine into you? it's only about as much as a cup of coffee, but the questions are, if you're breathe ing it i it's not really inhaling. some could get into your lungs. so they're reviewing what they're saying about these little things and whether they truly are safe. the company now says they will essentially comply with the fda, they want to work closely with the fda in a statement to meet their requests for information

and this is to ensure compliance with dietary supplements. so they're calling it a dietary supplement, but i'm thinking about kids, brooke. it looks like a party, and one of the things they say on the aeroshot web site is it could help you hit the library or help you stay up all night long. the fda certainly has concerns about lines like that. you and i would probably be fine with a few of these, but if you're an 80-pound, 14-year-old girl, that becomes a slightly different medical question. >> what's next? >> they've got about two weeks to figure this out, and here's one of the tricky things. because this is a dietary supplement, that's the way it's marketed, to actually get it off

the market, the feds would have to prove that it's unsafe in order to get them off the market. the last time they did that was with efedra, the weight loss drug back in 2004. the law is a little squishy there so the fda has the burden of saying, wait a minute, that's not safe. so in about two weeks, we'll know what the company says about all this. >> call me old-fashioned. i'm a gal that likes a cup of coffee. right, lizzie o'leary? >> i might have a few. coming up next, you have a student get kicked out of school allegedly for not listening to her teachers. here's the thing. the student is hearing impaired. find out what her parents are doi doing. we'll find out next. tom, check this out.

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here's the story. a student and a private school

gets expelled. the reasons cited are failure to listen and failure to respond to teachers' request. the parents are suing, but as we said before the break, the student is hearing impaired and has to use hearing aids. sunny, here's my question. if this was a public school, the law says they have to accommodate children with special needs. at a private school, does the same requirement apply? >> certainly if the private school receives some sort of federal funding, even if there's limited federal funding, students with disabilities certainly do have some protections. to be sure, though, brooke, there are less protections at a private school than there are in a public school. but assuming that there are those protections, sort of the general rule of thumb is that you don't discipline a child with a disability for acting in conformity with the disability. so, for example, if you have a child that wears a hearing aid and can speak quietkw -- can't

quietly during library hours because of his disability, you can't punish a child for that. out there is just allegations at this point. we don't know all the facts. i did reach out to the school and i did receive a response from the president, who is also named in this lawsuit, and she says at this moment the school has not received any legal documentation regarding the particular matter that i asked about, because i did reach out to her. and she said the school's practice is not to comment on private matters concerning students, but she does also mention that this school is 146-year-old college prep school for girls and that they provide a very high level of personal attention to each student. they have students with diverse learning styles, and so my sense is that at this point we just don't know about what happened here, but certainly the lawsuit does claim that she was discriminated again because of

her hearing impairment. >> so there you have it, the school getting back to you. i do want to ask you about this letter. it's from a doctor dated two months after this young woman was expelled, stating that her hearing loss is severe enough that even with hearing aids she would have problems understanding teachers. a lot of people could be asking if this school is really the best place for her with this condition. is that at all a factor in the lawsuit? >> you know, i'm sure that it is a factor, and i'm sure that it is something that a judge will consider. maybe if the child wore hearing aids, if the hearing aids were, and the parents said in the lawsuit they asked for certain accommodations like having her work closer to the teacher, so sort of preferential treatment.

we don't have altogether facts right now. a nine-year-old brought a loaded gun to school, critically injured a classmate and struck a deal with prosecutors. so in nine-year-old is going to be testifying against her mother for making this gun available. have you heard of that before? >> it's hard to put very young people on the witness stand, but this is a plea deal that the nine-year-old reached. the parents, there is a warrant out for their arrest, and apparently they're not in town because they're at a nascar event in las vegas. so apparently they're on holiday now. it isn't unusual. there are about 27 states that have these types of laws on the books that hold parents responsible for kids to get their hands on guns.

this area isn't peculiar or unique to. unfortunately, these parents are accused taish the mother is her boyfriend are allowing, and he is a felon. they're not supposed to be around firearms. they live with her mother who is dying of pancreatic cancer. his mother and the boyfriend brought the gun in the home on a visit. just unbelievable facts thick. >> i do want to read the statement and this is from the parents of the girl who was shot here. let me just quote. his life has been forever altered along with the rest of our family due to the breakdown of the system that allows

parents deemed unfit by the state to have unrestricted access to this student and his siblings. final question, could the family here also be blaming the state of washington? we're talking about the system. >> i suspect, brooke, that we will see more of this case, and i suspect there will be a lawsuit filed. >> you're calling it now. we'll see if it happens. sunny hostin, appreciate it. coming up next, republicans will have a huge impact co comeback. the national urban league is releasing a report tonight. next. that's why i take colace®. [ male announcer ] for occasional constipation associated with certain medical conditions, there's colace® capsules. colace® softens the stool and helps eliminate the need to strain. stimulant-free, comfortable relief. no wonder more doctors recommend it.

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question. what is the single most troubling issues in the urban league this year? it's african-americans. urging african-americans to register to vote this year, to educate, employ and empower. we have the president and ceo of the national urban league. mark, wonderful to have you on. >> thanks, brooke. >> let's begin with concern number one. i know you've written about galvanizing the black vote. why is that difficult? what's the issue? >> all of a sudden there is an avalanche of new laws that have been proposed in some 34 states

that will have the effect of making it more difficult for people to vote. these are new voter i.d. requirements, cutbacks on early voting, restrictions on how one can conduct even a voluntary voter registration campaign. indeed, yesterday in ohio, a world war ii veteran went to vote, showed his veteran's photo i.d. and was denied the right to vote in ohio. because, quote, the law there is so restricted that it requires an i.d. that has a matching address. these new requirements are simply bogus suppression tactics. we asked why, we asked why now. we have to increase awareness about these new tactics because they're just not right and they're not consistent with american values. >> you look at 2008, marc, and president obama carrying the majority of the black vote out. with the concerns you raised here in these multiple states, folks not being able to go, how

might that affect president obama? does it hurt his chances? >> there's no doubt all people should be concerned about any and all restrictions on people's rights to participate in this very cherished institution, and that is folding in the electoral system. we wish they would exercise their authority in those states covering the voter rights act to disapprove of these voter i.d. laws. in wisconsin, a circuit court judge just this week issued an injunction against wisconsin new voter i.d. law. so there will be a great deal of resistance. but we're saying to people, become the people of your own state. it will be a place where people can go get the information about

voting laws, et cetera. super tuesday last night, it's a big election year, but i want to talk about education. there is a new seg today. we learned that the department of education are harder in schools and african-americans are dropping at a higher rate. what is that and how should we fix it? >> i think documenting some of these diser reply naer. on how to fix those problems, how to recognize the difference between bad behavior and what may be learning difficulties. there are some other underlying concerns, and this really, really demonstrates why our report this year has a focus not only on voting but on education and jobs, too. because the future of the nation says we have to provide

educational opportunities and motivation to every single young person if we're going to have the type of 21st century economy we want. >> we talked about jobs. we've been paying close attention this last cycle. you talk to regular folks and they say say, i want to hear more about the economy. naturally it sits at 8.3. the african-american number is at 13% unemployment. what do you want to hear from any of these candidates to -- >> right now the president has proposed the american jobs act. it includes a number of recommendations that we make. i'd like to see congress, both the senate and the house, give the american jobs act, the entire american jobs act, an up or down vote. and i challenge anyone who has a problem with the american jobs act to offer another comprehensive proposal. not a slogan, not a set of

talking points but a comprehensive proposal. there is no one-shot fix to the economic challenges we face. but the american jobs act certainly is a legislative step that we can take in the congress of the united states right at this time. that bill has not been afforded an up or down vote. we need to focus on education, folk on entrepreneurship, a whole range of things. but that's something that every single candidate running should give their position. if they don't like the president's proposal, they need to have a better idea. >> you don't want a bumper sticker is what i'm hearing, you want concrete solutions. >> we want action. >> good luck tonight at howard university. if you want his report, it's on line, just go to

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today one of the greatest players was cut from his longtime team. >> i've been a cold for almost all of my adult life.

but i guess in life and in sports we all know that nothing lasts forever. times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the nfl. >> that was peyton manning just minutes after colts' owner jim irsay announced his release. he missed all of last season with a neck injury. he's free to sign with any team in the league. the colts are expected to draft andrew luck with the number one draft pick. wolf blitzer, we just mentioned before the break, you played high school football. >> not like peyton manning. out of buffalo. >> what position? >> linebacker. not good. not very good, but i did have fun. if i knew then what i know now, i wouldn't have played, with the concussions. >> i know, quite serious. more serious news, iran. who do you have on the show?

>> dennis ross is joining me. he was president obama's top middle east adviser on the nsc, especially issues related -- he's recently left the obama administration. he wrote a really provocative piece in "new york times" a couple weeks ago saying there is time for diplomacy, for negotiations, for inspections to work with iran, so i want to pick his brain on that. i'm also anxious to hear what he says on this feud that's broken out between john mccain and the obama administration on whether or not to launch air strikes to deal with syria, the brutal crackdown on the protesters. i'm anxious to hear what dennis has to say. >> what, with regard to iran, wloold be i guess the breaking point for the u.s. to then say, okay, we'll help? >> president obama keeps saying they're not -- the u.s. will not allow them to have a nuclear bomb, he says flatly and said this several times over the past few days, there is no u.s. policy of containment, of

containing a nuclear-armed iran, as there was with the old soviet union, for example, there was a policy of containment throughout the '50s, '60s '70s until the collapse of the soviet union. but you know, that threshold -- i think there's a difference between how the u.s. sees it and the israelis, and i'm going to push dennis to see where those differences are. he knows. >> we'll look for it the next hour? >> in the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour in "the situation room." >> with wolf blitzer. >> one of my favorite shows on television. >> as it should be. >> did you see that picture i tweeted? >> it's a little scary. >> no, you look great. >> thank you. apple unveiling its new toy, but folks, this is more than the ipad. dan simon was in the room tweeting out the details of this new gadget. he has the latest surprise. that's next. the real world. it has under-seat storage to bring everything, available seating for up to seven people to take everyone, and the grip of available all-wheel drive

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if you are thinking about getting as ipad apple has unveiled a brand-new model today. our silicon valley correspondent dan simon got a look. give me the skinny, dan simon. what are the cool new parts about it? >> reporter: i actually did get to play with it a few minutes ago. when you hold it in your hands, it looks and fields like the old ipad 2, but the big difference is the retina screen. so the text and the photos that you see on it look a lot crisper. i want you to hear from phil shiller who handled the presentation, the worldwide

marketing officer. >> when you hold it at a normal distance, 15 inches or even closer your retina cannot discern those individual pixels. there is enough pixel density that you can't pit out the pixels. the imaging on it look stunning. >> so that is the signature feature, brooke, with the new ipad. a lot of people thought they would call it the ipad 3 or ipad hd, but no, it's just the ipad the new feature is the camera in the back, a 5 members apixel camera. in theory you could use it as your primary camera. one thing you can't see is there's a new chip inside, so a faster data connection that's really as fast as using a typical wifi connection. this is the 4g network you may

have heard about. it will go on sale on march 16th. i'm sure it will be another phenomenal success for the company. >> so march 16th. people don't want to wait for that, so i know they're taking pre-orders, right? can you start ordering today online? >> reporter: you can start ordering today, brooke. one thing we should also mention, is the company released an updated apple tv device. this is the settop box that allows you to stream movies and tv shows, not to be confused with an apple television, which some people think will be coming out later in the year, and ceo tim cook kind of hinted at that, saying there would be inoy investigation coming out throughout the year, and saying this is the tip of the iceberg, so i think he got people excited with what's excited. >> apple and apple tv, what is that? what could that be? >> reporter: an apple tv,