>> arthel: hello. i'm arthel neville. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> rick: i'm rick folbaum. nice to be with you. thank you for joining us. topping the news this saturday night, october surprise. mother nature playing trick or treat as we take a look at a live picture of central park here in new york city. this is snow that is hitting a lot of parts of the east coast, causing major transportation headaches, power lines are down in a lot of different places. we'll get the very latest for cast for you coming up. >> arthel: medical marijuana advocates taking on the obama administration, claiming the feds are unfairly going after their clinics.

>> rick: plus, hot off the assembly line, we've got the iphone 4 s, the brand-new iphone and "consumer reports" has taken a look and they'll be here to tell us if it makes the grade. that's coming up later. >> arthel: we begin with this, a tragic day for u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. homicide bomber killing 17 in kabul. 12 americans among the dead. the taliban quickly claiming responsibility for what is being called one of the deadliest attacks on coalition forces in months. and it wasn't the only one. conner powell streaming life with more. >> the taliban launched a string of attacks across afghanistan today, including a rare suicide attack by a woman. but the largest and most deadly attack was here in kabul earlier in the day. vehicle full of explosives ramd into a u.s. military and nato convoy, killing 17 people, four afghan, including a police officer.

12 americans and one canadian. many of the americans that were killed were civilian contractors working with the united states military to help rebuild afghanistan. this attack came in a part of kabul that is part of the sort of growing rebuilding part of an area where there is a brand-new road and a lot of infrastructure development going on in the southern part of kabul. but it is an area where u.s. forces have been attacked before, similar convoys have been hit by vehicle owner ieds in a similar manner. it also represents the shift in tactics by the taliban. they are focusing much more on these large spectacular attacks going after afghan government officials and also trying to key on soft military targets here in kabul as opposed to fighting u.s. troops out in the battlefield. they're really focusing on targets in kabul. their message is essentially to the afghan people that the u.s. military and the afghan government officials can't protect themselves and they won't be able to protect you

when they leave. the taliban, though, have taken a serious beating in other parts of the country, particularly the south. so there is some real change in the type of environment here in afghanistan in terms of the battlefield. it is shifting to these large spectacular attacks. this attack raises the real issue as to whether or not the afghan security forces have come far enough and whether or not they'll be able to provide security once the united states begins its draw down in the next few months. >> arthel: conner powell, thank you very much for that report from kabul. >> rick: from afghanistan to syria now where the death toll is rising. there has been another brutal round of government-led raids. according to activists, today's deaths come just a day after dozens were killed in similar crack downs. friday's raids were called among the deadliest in months and human rights groups are already estimating the number of fatalities, 3,000 and counting. reena ninan has more from jerusalem. >> hi. gun fire and sweeping raids by

president assad's security forces left three three people dead today. this is coming just one day after one of the deadliest clashes in syria in months that left 40 people dead. some of his forces circled mosques after friday's prayers. assad met with members of the arab league and promised his security forces would not fire a single. so but at least 35 people have been killed from bullet wounds, according to a syrian human rights group. friday's violence forced the arab league to issue their harshest statement so far, disgust at the killing. but a lot of the bloodshed took place after the protests. that's when security forces are said to have gone door to door armed with machine guns hunting down protesters. the anti-assad protesters dubbed friday no fly zone friday. they're urging the international community to impose a no fly

zone, much like in libya. the protesters say this will protect them in the event assad's forces start attacking them from the skies. it's unlikely the international community will create a no fly zone. the move would anger iran. it might retaliate against nato planes and it could also possibly force the syrians to launch attacks in northern iraq against u.s. troops stationed there until the end of the year. u.n. says at least 3,000 people have been killed since the uprisings began in syria in march. but amazingly, the protesters continue to put the pressure on assad. rick? >> rick: reena ninan in jerusalem, thanks. >> arthel: we stay in the middle east where there is new violence in gaza. israeli air strike killing five palestinian militants from the radical group jihad, including a commander. 11 others injured. the attack targeting a training camp in southern gaza. israel says the militants were responsible for recent rocket attacks on southern israel and were hit as they were preparing

another barrage. the army jihad vows it will retaliate fort attack. >> rick: did you hear about the guy that shot at the american embassy in sarajevo. we have video of this guy in action. he was firing and then he took some fire himself. take a look. this was just yesterday. authorities calling this a terrorist attack and you can see the gunman there dressed in black running back and forth near the embassy, shooting off the gun and then about a half hour or so into the stand-off, which also included him having grenades on him, police sniper took him down with a shot to the leg. there he is. an officer guarding the embassy was also hurt. the suspect is believed to be from a bosnian village and a member of an ultraconservative muslim sect. >> arthel: whoa. a fox news weather alert now. early taste of winter as a rare

nor'easter dumps inches of heavy wet snow on many parts of the east coast. here in new york city, the flakes are falling and here is a live look at times square where it looks like december instead of october. and earlier, those flakes were big and fluffy. meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox extreme weather center. what do you have to say for yourself, young lady? >> i don't know. it's been crazy pretty much the entire past year since i started working here. now we have another storm system that's bringing in a very heavy snow across parts of the northeast. very early into the season. we're still in fall. it's not even halloween yet and some areas are looking at a white halloween instead of a white christmas across the region. there are reports coming out, up to a foot of snow across parts of west virginia. some of higher elevations, specifically snow shoe mountain. in new york city, we reported over two inches of snow in central park, making it the snowiest october on record for the new york city area. so this is an historic snow

storm and parts of new jersey, west milford reporting nine inches of snow. it's really come down out there. and will continue to do so throughout the evening house, throughout the nighttime hours and even across new england, we're looking at heavy snow possible throughout the rest of tomorrow morning. you will be looking at very impresssive snow totals across the area. right now we still have heavy snow across eastern pennsylvania, moving into upstate new york and also pushing into southern portions of new england, baltimore and dc, you got snowflakes. most of that winding down. new york city we have had some warmer air pushing in to the area. you can see that rain snow line, basically right over our city. some areas are seeing some of that snow changing over to rain. so that's something to keep in mind. you will be seeing more heavy snow as we head into tonight before it winds down as we head into the overnight hours. that's something to keep in mind. travel will be very dangerous not just in new york city, but across the across the entire

northeast. maine to pennsylvania, because of wind. you're talking about heavy wet snow, gusty winds, at times along the coast, you're going to be looking at wind gusts up to 50 to 60 miles per hour. that's very dangerous in itself and also i want to take a look at some of these temperatures. they're hovering into the low 30s. what that means is that the snow that's coming down is of the heavy wet type. a lot of the leaves have not fallen off of the trees because it's only fall. you'll be getting heavy wet snow on top of those leaves that accumulate on trees. tree limbs will be coming down, some trees have been reported already down across the entire northeast and along with power outages because some of those power lines are also coming down. again, travel very dangerous tonight, especially as we head into the nighttime hours when it gets dark out there. now, as far as the timing on the storm system, this is 9:00 p.m. tonight. it's still going to be snowing around philadelphia, new york city, up in through portions of southern new england. new york city by 3:00 a.m.

tonight. we do think that the worst of it will be out of the area. you'll start to dry things out. take a look. long island, you've been dealing with mostly rain today. some of that rain will be switching over to snow as some of that colder air moves in. maine by 9:00 a.m. sunday, more heavy wet snow expected for your area. by mop, the storm will be long gone and be a pretty nice day out there across the region. as far as how much additional snow we're expecting, that area shaded in blue, 12 inches of additional snow on top of what we already recorded across the region. we'll be looking at snow totals between eight to 14 inches along the interior northeast and some of those big cities like new york, we could get a half a foot here. >> arthel: unbelievable. maria, thank you very much. it's halloween. halloween is monday. they're having the big party at the white house. there is the first lady welcoming the trick or treaters in their -- and they're all wearing heavy coats. something is not right about

that. >> rick: i imagine somebody is wearing a president obama mask or that's the president himself. what a great costume. live pictures from the white house. i believe that's the first lady's mom right there. this is tape, i'm told. a little while ago. looks like a lot of fun. and as maria said, it should be nice on monday for halloween. kids in the northeast will be happy about that. and parents will as well. i speak for myself there. as maria said, the snow knocking out power for over half a million people as those power lines come down along with some trees. here are the states that have been hit hard so far. maryland, pennsylvania, new york and also connecticut. the snow caused travel headaches at a lot of major headaches that are around the east coast. all three airports in the new york city area, for example, reporting dozens of flights either canceled or delayed because of the weather. we're also getting reports of cancellations in philly. on the rails, amtrak forced to suspend service in the central

part of pennsylvania. all trains between harrisburg and philadelphia have been canceled now because of downed trees on the racks and don't forget, it's going to get very dangerous on the roads, as maria mentioned, as the temperatures begin to drop into the nighttime hours. be careful if you're out there driving. >> arthel: indeed. it's nothing to play with. if you happen to have great weather pictures or video to share with us, you can e-mail them to us at the address on your screen. youreport at foxnews.com. so one new reporter showing the conditions outside his front door in south central pennsylvania with a very nice who dat saints flag. he did that for me. thank you very much. being a girl from new orleans. look at the snow on the ground. completely covering some patio furniture. it looks like quite a few inches fell there. this photo is from caldwell, new jersey, showing just how bad the visibility can be. you see the church in the distance?

you kind of can't see it. that's exactly the point. i want to thank everybody for the photos. always be safe when taking those pictures. >> rick: let's talk politics. on the campaign trail, it's not unusual to see republican presidential hopefuls falling in and out of favor. but at least one contender is proving that he's got some staying power. herman cain surging in the polls and showing no sign of losing steam, convincing many of his rivals it's a force to be reckoned with. doug has more. herman cain is not shy about making some pretty bold predictions about this race, is he? >> no, he's not. he's in alabama today and he was asked about his chances in the early contest. here is what he said. >> i predict that we will win south carolina. i will predict that we will finish first or second in iowa, first or second in new

hampshire. not going to go out on the limb there, but i'm going to predict that we're going to win south carolina. >> a win in south carolina would be huge. it's the first contest in the south and if events play out the way the cain envisions and yes, that's a big if, he'll have a real shot at the nomination. >> rick: at the same time, though, there has been talk of trying to pair back some of his campaign appearances, right? >> yeah. he says he may, in his words, dial back his schedule somewhat, saying he wants to stay in his a game. he's not a particularly experienced candidate and despite some strong debate performances that have really generated a lot of attention, he's also had a series of misstatements. this is a grueling business and cain says he's going to be more selective now about some of these appearances. >> rick: it sounds like the cain campaign not hurting for money, right? >> no. that bus alone, not that cheap. if you believe what his campaign staff is saying, they're

predicting that cain will haul in $5 million just this month. that's a projection. but it's over a million dollars a week. it would triple his fundraising pace through these late summer months and that may go a long way. cain does not have a particularly large campaign operation. >> rick: doug live for us in the nation's capitol, thanks so much. >> thanks. >> arthel: the right to smoke medical marijuana sparking a heated legal battle. now a top advocacy group in california is suing the obama administration, claiming the federal government is unjustly cracking down on legal pot dispenserries. casey stegall is live in los angeles. casey, first of all, tell us what are the grounds for this lawsuit? >> the medical marijuana advocates that we talked to and the ones that filed this particular lawsuit say fa quite frankly, the federal government is sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. it also alleges that the department of justice simply does not have the resources to

really enforce this crackdown here that we told you about a couple weeks ago. the lawsuit filed by the largest medical marijuana advocacy group in the country. an attorney for that group tells me while pot is illegal at the federal level, states still have the right to establish their own public health laws, which is what californians did back in 1996 by voting to legalize pot for medicinal use. now the argument is being made that it is the patients who will slip through the cracks here. >> this is going to be a tremendous problem because the patients who need marijuana to alleviate their suffering are going to have a much more difficult time obtaining that medicine. they may have to turn to the black market. i don't know where they're going to get their medicine from. >> the suit goes on to say, and i'm quoting here issue the feds are using coercive tactics to commondeer the law making functions of the state and

that's why this lawsuit was filed. >> arthel: okay. how does the department of justice respond to this? >> i called the u.s. attorney general eric holder's office yesterday. he is named in this lawsuit. i also spoke to various media representatives at some of the u.s. attorney's offices out here in california and no one is commenting on this lawsuit, saying that it is ongoing litigation. however, the d.o.g. maintains that this crackdown is necessary, arguing it's too easy for people to abuse the system, making it more about dealing versus healing. >> sham doctors recommendations for the purpose of recreational marijuana use. that's not what the california voters intended or authorized. >> it was earlier this month

when the feds gave california dispensery's 45 days to close their doors, to be in compliance with federal laws, and also we should point out that we asked the u.s. attorney's offices how many of these dispenserries had, in fact, heeded the warnings and they wouldn't give us the numbers in terms of how many have actually shut down. >> arthel: very interesting to see how this plays out. casey stegall, thank you very much. >> rick: so happy to report this next story. a missing autistic boy from virginia has been found alive and well. six days after vanishing during a family hike, eight-year-old robert wood, junior, found by a volunteers who were copying the woods. he's in good shape. he's been taken to a local hospital. he was spotted lying in a creek bed all by himself. >> robbie wood, junior has been found and reunited with his family. he was found in at approximately 2:00 p.m. on the martin marriott

quarry. the search is over. the investigation continues and there are a lot of people to thank. >> rick: robert went missing last sunday while hiking with his family. as we said, he has autism and he does not speak, which search crews say made it very difficult for them to find him. but thankfully they did. that little boy is okay. >> arthel: very good. there are new warnings about american innovations. yeah, why the u.s. risks losing its economic edge and what do we do to stop it? >> rick: plus, major world carrier grounds hundreds of flights. find out what led to this unprecedented move. >> arthel: a poignant return to indianapolis after a horrific stage collapse. ght loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes.

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>> rick: fox news alert. we've been talking about the weather. you heard maria molina talk about how power lines are coming down along with some trees. the result of the heavy snow, unusual this time of year. but it's falling in northeast. and the governor of new jersey, chris christie, has just declared a state of emergency in his state, some 500,000 people are without power right now. almost a million and a half

people all across the east coast have lost their power as a result of this storm. but a state of emergency declared in new jersey. be safe on the roads and we'll keep following this for you. >> arthel: meantime, there is a new warning about the future of american innovation, venture capitalist, who has been dubbed the queen of the internet, saying america's edge over global technology could be at risk and that the stumbling economy may be to blame. for more on how the u.s. can get back ton track, let's bring in rich, former managing director at morgan stanley and current ceo of richard desalvo consulting. you are also without power there in madison, new jersey. >> yes. it was a trek getting in here, but the roads were fantastic. it's never too far. >> arthel: you are welcome. try this on, so if miss meeker is saying that the technology is moving faster than the economy, all right. so if they were both cars what,

kind of car would the technology be and what kind of car would the economy be to show just how fast one is going over the other? >> first of all, the technology is actually a cadillac. it's finally tuned, a beautiful machine. the problem is that you people can't appreciate it because they're surrounded by hyundais. that's what you really have. technology is actually the catalyst for america to move forward and to mary's point, we can't get there because the financial markets can't get you there and the world economy can't get the cadillac to go at full speed. >> arthel: the reason you point out the hyundai is because it's not made here in america? >> it's not made here in america and also built for economy and speed versus comfort. >> arthel: understood. so miss meeker also claims that america's enormous dent, deficit, it's more like a time bomb ticking and ticking away and that could eventually derail our best and brightest

innovations. do you agree with that? >> i do. i'll give you a simple analogy. apple started in a garage. okay? and what's happened though is we don't hear those stories anymore. the entrepreneurial spirit has been lost. i'll tell you, technology is actually still just in a bigger garage. it's just been opened. the door really hasn't been opened and allowed to go the 100 miles an hour. think about it in terms of what's held it back. what does it need to really grow? i'll be simple. it needs financing, it needs lending. it needs banks. where am i going with this? the banks can't. tarp set them back. overregulation really is setting them back. and that industry for us, 'cause it's not just manufacturing won't be a catalyst, it's technology. >> arthel: and miss meeker, to continue, she said in order to fix the debt problem, the u.s. would need to take radical steps. she's saying such as cutting medicare benefits by 53% or cutting social security benefits by 12%.

paul voelker, chairman of the economic recovery advisory board to president obama 'til january and michael bloomberg, they cosigned that. what do you say to that? >> i think that cuts have to happen. however, i think there has to be a balance between cuts and allowing people to maintain a certain lifestyle they have. i personally have no problem taking a little bit of a cut. but the answer can also be on social security. it was set for age 65. we're going to live 75 is the new 65, as we all hope to think. i think that's what's happening health wise. there is no reason why we shouldn't be able to extend that. >> arthel: it will be tricky to get that passed? >> it will be and in all the things we're talking about, when mary gets into this about hope and change and by the way, we heard that a lot four years ago, by the way. did you hope is not a strategy. and what mary is trying to do is make something happen. i think she's making valid points on all of this, but if the austerity is not happening as fast as it probably should and that's okay. we need to get there.

>> arthel: is there a silver lining? >> no. let me keep going. what people think is that we have a cold we can fix and legislate it away. we can't legislate this away. we have a disease, we need to fix it. we're a great country. we're a strong country. we need to take the steps and as many steps we can do from social security, extending things, cutting back medicaid, getting all those jobs in india, bringing them back here, start building one step at a time to get the entrepreneurial spirit back and get the garage door open. >> arthel: can you open your garage door? 'cause you have no power in your house. >> no. >> arthel: you brought a photo, didn't you? this is from your front door? >> yes. this is 30 miles due west of here. >> arthel: it's only october 29. i just can't believe it. >> i'm moving. i'm out. >> arthel: where are you going? >> south. someplace south. >> arthel: go to new orleans. it's a great place to be. thank you. it's so good to see you. thank you for your insight.

>> my pleasure. >> rick: merry halloween. >> arthel: right. >> rick: emotional concert in indianapolis as sugarland returns to the stage there. the group performing a free concert in front of a packed house of fans, two months after a deadly stage collapsed at a indiana state fair. the show serving as a tribute to those who died. the tragedy in august killed seven people when a strong gust of wind knocked over the stage onto a crowd. last night they told faps they were in for a special show. >> but we are going to celebrate this evening with you here tonight. >> rick: everybody at the conioses was asked to donate a victim -- donate to a victim relief fund, which by the way, raised about a million dollars.

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>> arthel: this is a fox news alert. new jersey governor chris christie declaring a state of emergency just about ten minutes ago there in miss state as 500,000 people are there without power now as an unusually early snow storm hammering parts of the east coast n. new york city, the national weather service reporting central park is seeing record snowfall. julie banderas is in the park with the latest. hi, julie. >> hey there. it's still coming down. cold, frigid. like a winter wonderland, but it ain't even weather yet. take a look, because this is the

biggest problem. this tree falling a couple of hours ago right as we were setting up our live shot. and the tree behind me as well. luckily here in central park, we don't have power lines, so we're not dealing with power outages here. however, throughout the mid atlantic and northeast, hundreds of thousands of people without power, all because of this heavy wet snow that's come in and has literally blanketed many areas around the city and surrounding suburbs. here in central park, this is the first snowfall since 1952 that occurred before halloween. take a look at the damage that it already caused. cuomo activated new york state's emergency operation center to insure resources and equipment are positioned for an appropriate response to the storm. today's storm will shatter records in terms of the early season arrival and unprecedented amount of snow associated with it. and with most trees across the region still full with leaves of snow, snapping tree limbs in

large part due to the shear weight of the snow. to make matters worse, many areas are seeing high winds strong enough to take down vulnerable trees. massive amount of tree damage expect. so far thousands hundreds of people without power. the list is growing. driving conditions, you -- are expected to deteriorate as road surfaces get colder and the snow picks up. expect black ice, probably the most dangerous, treacherous kind of driving conditions you could expect in the winter despite the fact we're still in fall. and in central park, just to show you the amount of mess going on, something that clearly new york city is not used to seeing, but it's just not just new york city, we're talking the entire northeast. it's been since the 1800s that we saw record snowfallmounts this early in the season with

winter still many days away before halloween. so currently a very cold, wet and snowy day here and this mess ain't going to stop any time soon. tomorrow we'll expect to see a huge clean-up effort in a lot of the tri-state area. back to you. >> arthel: definitely is a mess. thank you very much. stay safe. >> rick: let's switch gears now and talk politics. have you been watching the president this week? almost every day, a new executive order that the white house says will help one struggling group or another, from homeowners to college students, to small business owners. the "washington post" with an article reminding us that president clinton used a very similar strategy leading up to his bid for a second term back in 1996. this worked for bill clinton. could it work again? joining us, josh brock, and chairman of the civic forum pac and former director for john mccain's rural outreach team. thanks for being here.

josh, you have an interesting perspective, having worked in the clinton-gore reelection bid. do you think this is a conscious thing, taking a page from the clinton playbook? >> yeah. i think there is no question about it. president obama wants to have something in common with president clinton and it's called being reelected and the way to do that is show folks that he cares about them, to reinforce the polling that shows that they believe that, but not by the margin he needs to see to get reelected and in this case, good policy is good politics. that was the definition of what made bill clinton successful in his reelection bid. >> rick: when bill clinton did it, he was trying to portray himself as is a centrist, so he put forth these little nuggets and if president obama is successful in appealing to independent voters, to people who are more centrist minded, he's well on his way to winning a second term, isn't he? >> this is very smart politically. but it's not going to amount to a hill of beans in terms of making a dent in our economic problems, even the liberal

booking institute admits that. we need multi trillion dollars economic solutions and basically the president decided to go shopping at the dollar store looking for political gimmicks in an effort to win reelection. the difference between bill clinton and president obama is bill clinton can sell ice to an eskimo, president obama is using money we don't have. >> rick: the speaker of the house says the president can issue all the executive orders that he wants and he agrees with ford, by the way, that a larger plan is needed as opposed to these little programs here and there. but congress holds the purse strings. so could he run into some road blocks here, president obama, that is, if he puts out some programs and just doesn't get the funding that they need? >> i'm glad to hear that ford and john boehner agree with each other. that makes me sleep well at night. at least i know ford has his politics straight. i think the congressional republicans loft the american people when they rebuffed a people to deal with america's economic problems that gave us $10 in cuts for every dollar in revenue. so i don't think that the gop and the house has much

contribute on these things and that's the reason that president obama is going to be even more successful as they oppose these ideas, it's because they've been so obstructionist in getting anything done. so the idea that the obama -- help with their mortgage problems or family situation, these are the exact same things that bill clinton found so effective, family medical leave act, that kind of thing. you'll see resistance from republicans 'cause it's a good idea for democrats. >> rick: ford, i think that the white house probably would be heartened by a fox news poll that came out that sort of illustrates exactly what we were hearing from josh. we asked people why the economy isn't doing better under this president and 52% say that he has good ideas, but that too few of them are being passed by congress. you know, that's got -- what does that tell you as a republican here? >> president obama identified the right issues. he has not adequately addressed

the necessary solutions. we need bold entitlement reform. we need bold tax reform and we need bold regulatory reform. we do not need dollar store gimmicks to try to get out of this situation. look, let's take his executive order on the loan repayments for a second. he wants to cap the loan repayment at 10% of the debtor's income. by the time we're done with this, the treasury will never recoup the fund. this will make solyndra look like a wise plan. >> rick: i think any republican who is running for reelection would want to win reelection, too. so i'm not sure about that. but josh, i think we're starting to see a narrative, are we not? this is a president that's going to run against congress, against -- really no matter who his opponent is, no matter who the republicans nominate, it's going to be president obama versus the do nothing congress. am i right? >> look, congress at 9% approval rating and it's true, as a pro growth democrat, i'd like to see smart regulation. i'd like to see bold economic

plans. but you got a congress in the form of eric cantor and john boehner saying no, no, no. it reminds me of the senator from alaska, having a temper tantrum on the floor of the senate. there is a reason that president obama is trying to go around the obstructionists in congress and it's to get stuff done. >> josh, my friend, you're overplaying your hand. the president put forth a jobs bill and it didn't get pass the democratic controlled senate. neither branch of congress wants to help the president because the president hasn't put forth any honest solutions that will help the economy. if the president really wants help, go to john hastert. if they help you out, you'll get this through congress 'cause what we need is wise economic solutions. not dollar store gimmicks. >> i agree that we need to cut entitlements and smart defense spending reform. but until we get a congress that he is going to support a president doing that, we'll have more plaining from folks like ford. >> rick: gentlemen, we have to leave it there. good and spirited discussion

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>> rick: all right. all the hype, all the buzz, at least in my house. we're talking about the latest iphone to hit the shelves and some buyers were a little bit disappointed with the new iphone 4s. >> arthel: but apple is trying to win back its fans with the iphone 4s. so is it worth the hype? of course, the folks at "consumer reports" takes it for a spin in the latest issue of "consumer reports." >> rick: mike is here, senior electronics editor at "consumer reports." always good to see you. you brought your toys with you. >> yes. i brought the iphone 4s that has one of the best cameras we've seen on a smart phone to date. it's the camera has been upgraded from 5 to 8 mega pixels and takes very good pictures. >> rick: what about if you're taking pictures of kids and they're moving around a lot? that's my complaint? >> it's got blink detection a number of tools that captures kids under the perfect

conditions. >> rick: that's good. >> arthel: the question i have is can you browse through the internet and talk on the phone at the same time? >> you can't do that on verizon and sprint because it's not a 4 g phone, but you can do that on at & t. >> rick: that's one of their big selling points? >> maybe if there is a 4 g model. >> arthel: it hasn't changed? >> no. >> rick: why were people disappointed? at love people were expecting something more than just that nice feature? >> let's go up a number. >> rick: but i mean, shut people be disappointed? >> no, it's a very good phone, as the iphone 4 was. it is a top notch multi media performance. it's got the apple eco system behind it. you have a wealth of apps you can download, movies and so forth, music. and people are familiar with it. it's just a good performer. now it's just that much better. >> arthel: one of the apps is the imessage, right? >> it's like a text messaging

thing. but it's just launched, so you can send text messages to other people, but they have to be on imessage. >> rick: we mentioned the voice recognition program which apple calls theory. this is the apple 4 and it has the voice activation and you can say something into the phone, but you say that system is much better? >> yes. and voice activation has been not only on the older iphone, but android phones. over the last few years, they've been able to allow people to send text messages, you can launch an application and dictate messages. but theory takes it a step further. you can actually be very care free with your language. >> arthel: casual? >> for example, i think in the teaser, you mentioned i'm hungry, tell me the restaurant. it's fine. she's also smart. you can tell her to -- ask her to convert 42 pounds into ounces

she'll do it. >> rick: she did it. one of the competitors has a similar type. >> right. not quite as refined, but to show you, this came out eight hours after the iphone 4. and it's called oddly, iris. what a coincidence. this is on an android phone. this is an alpha version, which is if you know what beta is, a half baked program, this isn't even in the oven. this can do the same thing. convert 42 pounds into ounces. >> rick: tell us when the end of the show is. it's right now. thank you for joining us. >> arthel: stick around for the fox report.

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