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. >>> blackberry showed off its new blackberry playbook in san francisco.t features a seven-inch screen, half the size of the ipad. it has a front and back camera. it and where it as a phone through a short-range wireless link. it will launch next year. >>> still ahead, its final look >>> women in australia are not letting high-heeled shoes slow them down, they had the fastest relay race in stilettos, a world record. they were wearing three-inch heels. the guinness world record officially confront this. they've won $10,000. 100 women and one man or in the race, which raised money for breast cancer research. i wonder how many sprained ankles there were. >> they do an event on 17th street each year before halloween. there are a lot of white ballots. that is interesting. >> it was for a good cause. >> exactly. this afternoon we have temperatures that will reach the low 80s. the extended outlook shows late tomorrow, showers. teddy rain expected on thursday with highs in the mid 70's. when the system goes through, as out of cooler and warmer fresh air in time fo

get a free samsung intensity, a free blackberry bold or any other phone in our lineup.iss out. offer ends september 30th. buy a samsung fascinate and any other phone is free. only at verizon. >>> good morning. towards the dublin interchange, so far, so good. seeing top speeds right there by tassajara and moving well towards the dublin interchange. out of the altamont pass, there is your drive time. steady, good at 15 minutes there on westbound 580 from the altamont pass towards 680. we had a couple of problems on the eastshore freeway including this one going against the commute. but sounds like a car hit a light pole eastbound 80 in pinole and the pinole valley road. the light pole is actually on top of the car so ambulance is heading to the scene now for possible injuries. and we still have this accident in the commute direction westbound 80 approaching san pablo dam road. car off the road and into some bushes not blocking lanes. so not causing any delays through there. take outside here's a live look at 880 through oakland by the oracle. so far, so good through oakla

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it's the latest blackberry.e, it's actually touch and it's got a quert ta keyboard. >> that's good for me because i have a touchscreen. >> the beauty is it has the best of both. one thing we do really well is key passed. >> right. what i want to talk about is why we brought it here to education nation. this is all about taking a paper los angel less initiative. we have an app we produced for education nation. do it that way? >> yeah. get behind him, so we can see the screen. thank you, t.j. for making me say it out loud. you're a great director. i'm sorry. >> the education nation map is actually operating on the blackberry. if you recall yesterday, we had the rainstorm and things got very, very risky for a while there. >> right. >> because the schedule, et cetera was actually done virtually, we could actually update that on the fly so the delegates could see the shift in the sessions. you have the schedules, et cetera all actually on here. when the schedule actually changed, we were able to update that realtime.

blackberry's coming out with something new. it's the blackberry play book, thinner than the ipad.he tablet has wi fi, but no 3g connection. >>> southwest airlines is exp d expanding. today, the airline agreed to buy airtran in a deal that will combine the two. this deal will move southwest to 37 new cities and adds routes to mexico and caribbean. this buyout is the latest in a wave of airline consolidation and will make southwest the fourth largest u.s. airline. for fliers, it could mean higher air fares. >>> the british business man who owns segway died yesterday after apparently falling off the cliff while riding the vehicle. his body and a segway for found in northern england by a river not far from his home. he controlled the company back in december, but the battery bah powered vehicle was invented in 1999. several cities had banned segway citing safety concerns. >>> jaycee durd is ready to tell her story. >>> and the foundation gives a school district aul dollar grant. see how it will help students most in need. promise me low prices. and stick to it. like seriously low pric

new is all late a palm-sized piece of technology but the latest blackberry is the playbook, aimed athe business end of the market. >> introducing the world's first professional tablet -- the blackberry playbook. >> they might be billing it as the first of its kind but geese will not fail to notice that it looks curiously familiar this is research in motion's challenge to the ipad. apllple sold 6 million of them in 6 months. assured thatrest the black. berry playbook is ready. >> it has been dubbed the ipad for suits. >> we have a very low price point, we have wi-fi, bluetooth. you have connectivity to your blackberry device. >> it is certainly smaller, has a dual high-definition cameras, and flash works on the device, but whether it will manage to generate the excitement that has apple fans on the streets with their new toys is another matter. >> an indian court will rule on thursday whether hindus or muslims homeland around of the demolished mosque. hindu extremists attacked it in 2002 appeared to thousand people died in the ensuing violence. this comes days before the commonwealth

for a separate blackberry device. it comes out next year. no word on the price. >>> if you're ready to rock, good news, the guitar hero, warriors of rock hits stores today. mike snyder of usa today says it's a fun mix of rock 'n' roll and superhero adventure. >> if you're a music -- fan of music games you're going to want to have it because the game looks great, the animations are better. it's got more than 90 songs. a mix of classic bands like zz top and the rolling stones but newer bands like phoenix and the muse. >> it can be played on playstation 3, x box and the wii.

the blackberry playbook has a seven-inch screen. it will have two cameras. and can use a wireless link to act as a larger screen for a separate blackberry device. the playbook comes out next year at about the same price as the ipad. >>> coming up next on this tuesday, all the bans on texts and phones behind the wheel. a surprising look at whether those laws actually save lives. >>> and new orleans welcomes some new arrivals, nine months after the super bowl win. ♪ ♪ fresh butter taste ♪ yes, that's here ♪ no hydrogenated oils ♪ so there's no trans fats here ♪ ♪ whoa... ♪ turn the tub around ♪ talking about nutrition [ female announcer ] "i can't believe it's not butter" has 70% less saturated fat than butter and no hydrogenated oils, so there's no trans fat. "i can't believe it's not butter," butter taste, better health. and i wondered what it was. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain.

we've heard of blackberry thumb or cell phone elbow. any repetitive action, anything you do over and over again for hours and hours a day can affect your body. so, when you're talking about texting or on the computer, thumbs, wrists, elbow, neck, can all become effected. >> is treatment approved for that? >> have you heard the saying from your doctor, doctor, it hurts when i do this, and the doctor says, stop doing that. so the answer is rest and intervene on that repetitive action. stop doing it. >> jack, we've got a tweet asking, if someone creates a twitter account or a facebook page claiming to be me, not me in particular but the viewer, can i sue them?

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introducing the blackberry torch. at&t. rethink possible.the owner of the company that makes the segway scooter is dead after reported accident on a segway scooter. authorities in great britain report the businessman jimi heselden rolled the machine off a cliff near his house in england, a drop of 30' to the river. jimi heselden bought the company if january of this year. police are not reporting any foul play in the death. more on the story in the headline at foxnews.com. >> in iran a commuter worm is now said to affect the personal computers at the first nuclear power station, a plant at the center of an international stand off with iran. the attack happened the nuclear complex and we are told this computer code is capable of taking over entire computer systems. so far the origin is "unknown." but speakers say this was not the work of a hacker at all. but, rather, a government with lots of money and techno how. jennifer, wonder would that might be? what are they saying? >>reporter: the pentagon does not comment on this which shows how impo

the law has to stop decrepit messages from blackberry or networking sites like facebook or skype. >> they should be able to look at facebook because you want to catch the bad guy. >> is your own personal business. finding them on your time, yes. but you don't have to go and buy blackberry to find something wrong because the obama administration is trying to strike a balance between security needs and protecting privacy. >> it might start out that we're just doing facebook and then it goes on to everything. >> if the government is doing something to help protect me and my family, i am for it. >> they want to keep up on the bad guys and the technology they are using. do not expect any of this to happen until early next year. >> i do not know if they are doing it right now. >> they should legalize it. >> any changes will bring up privacy concerns because it will be harder to find out things. it doesn't mean they have to find ways to look into technology to see what we're doing. they should find another way to see if we're doing something wrong or not. >> that brings us to your answers t

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the blackberry playbook. >> they may be billing it as the first of its kind, but it is curiously familiar. this is research in motion's challenge to the ike had -- ipad. toshiba, too, has unveiled an ipad look alike. >> the playbook is aimed at business users, but it is also -- >> we have a very low price point. we have dual cameras on the device. we have wide five. we have bluetooth. -- we have wi-fi. there is no additional expense. that is what makes it cool to people. >> it is certainly smaller. unlike the ipad, it plays flash. but will it managed to generate the excitement? that is another matter. bbc news. >> just briefly, an indian court will rule on thursday whether hindus or muslims are banned around a british mosque in northern india. 2000 people died in an attack around the mosque in 1992. this is just days before the commonwealth games began in delhi. the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." the son of kim jong-il has been appointed to two top jobs. the president of afghanistan made an emotional appeal for peace and in his country. the israeli navy has interc

at corporate users and business users people who are already using a blackberry.s not only for them but it's definitely trying to build on the sort of built-in audience of people who already know and love their blackberrys. >> one of the advantages that blackberry is touting is that it will read all kinds of video displays that you can find on the web. apple's ipad does not display flash. >>> five record high temperatures across the bay area today. and today wasn't even the hottest day. we'll pinpoint that as eyewitness news continues. ,, ,,,, ma'am, can you identify the other airline that charged you bag fees? that's it. that one...right there. exactly how much did the other airlines make off with? ♪ it was like $25. was that one-way? or roundtrip? roundtrip. $50? did you have a second bag? yes. mm! it was $35. that's $120 roundtrip. [ gasps ] oh! ah! ♪ [ ding ] fast food meals that offer promotional toys. >>> san francisco supervisors held their first hearing today on a plan to crack down on fast food meals that offer promotional toys. the proposed legislation w

. >>> and your blackberry or facebook county. the government wants to make it easier to wiretap those and the interpret. what you need to know. >>> plus emergency exit. why gloria stephan makes a great escape from her suite at a dolphins game. good day, everyone. i'm richard lui in for chris jansing on this monday. 500,000 jobs. begin with that number. it's a law that promises just that. president obama signed the $42 billion law today. but before signing it he explained how small business jobs act would help. >> right now there's a waiting list for loans more than 1,400 names long. these are people who are dead toy di to hire and expand, who have been approved by their banks, but who have been waiting for this legislation to pass. well, when i sign this bill, their wait will be over. >> all right, cnbc's john harwood joins me live from washington. john, good day to you. 500,000 jobs sounds pretty good. but how long is it going to take? >> well, it's not going to come quickly, richard. anything the administration can do now is go

blackberry fans, you either fall on the side for the most part for blackberry and i'm on the opposite. black berry is going to roll out the blackberry playbook. the answer to the i pad. a seven-inch computer and it's going to have different from the i pad cameras on the front and back. we will also have flash built in. the apple people, the price hasn't been officially announce, but it's expected to be in the $500 range. you can get an i pad for about that too. don't give me that look. >> no. i'm a fan. >> that are is big, big news in the cultural relevance world. so much of what we are doing in media, we are doing on the devices. >> thank you so much. >> for the latest, logon to scoop.todayshow.com to get your entertainment fix which we all need. a busy hour we had here. i'm thomas roberts. contessa brewer will pick it up at the top of the hour. >> coming up at noon, the latest on the breaking news we are following with the university of texas in austin and a mudslide where it's feared hundreds of families are trapped. also education nation. two wrestling superstars join me to talk a

they plan to have all online services to be technically equipped to wiretap blackberries, facebook and skype. the government says new regulations are important because terrorists and criminals are communicating online more often. >>> there will be plenty of pumpkin pie this holiday season. the canned pumpkin shortage is over. heavy rain last year caused a shortfall. the country's top producer says this year's crop is healthy and cans are arriving in stores now. an estimated 80% of canned pumpkin is sold in october through december. >>> the time now 16:12. a new beer campaign kicks off today. the idea behind national happy hour. >>> plus, it's similar to meals on wheels. the new trend for fine dining taking over san francisco. here's a look at some of today's top stories... this is your captain speaking we are fourteenth in line for take off. beep, beep, beep. looks like its bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! should have skipped that second soda. remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag c

blackberry maker research in motion has been really struggling with blackberry sales of late hoping toet into the tablet market with a device called the playbook. it's quite a bit smaller than the ipad with a 7" screen as opposed to the ipad's 9.7." it's a little lighter and less than a pound as opposed to the pound and a half weight of the ipad. no word on pricing. research in motion won't get the playbook into stores until the early part of next year. so it's going to miss out on the holiday shopping season. investors aren't all that happy about that. right now, research in motion's shares are down a little more than 3% on that news. the ipad has sold at least 3 million in the first three months of sales for the ipad. and goldman sachs says that the next version. ipad probably won't come out until next june. that's a little later than some analysts had thought. they say it's probably going to weigh a little less but they will also probably have a built- in camera for people who want to use that for any of their picture taking abilities with the ipad, juliette. >> okay. jason brooks f

i-pad. >> i don't want to say the blackberry has to pull a rabbit out of the hat for this to work forem, but they kind of have to pull a rabbit out of the hat. the latest operating system was met with a bit of a yawn on their smart phones. they have been steadily losing market share. with something like the black pad, they would have to come out with something revolutionary. >>> those are your tech bites. >>>

have you got a blackberry? >> no, my phone was stolen. >>> in germany, details emerging on the government's deal with big energy providers on extending the life of the country's nuclear power plants. it offers utility companies protection against lawsuits. the opposition and anti-nuclear activists have accused the government of giving and to the demands of the nuclear power industry. >> this 10-page supplement the agreement between the government and utilities it regulates the details of the plant life span extension for nuclear power plants. the opposition is crying foul, claiming the government withheld important affirmation from the public, including caps on safety costs. >> it is a scandalous turn of events. chancellor merkel has sealed the deal with the industry on a matter that must be regulated. >> merkel has made concessions to the utilities in the form of a 500 million euro cost ceiling should nuclear power plants need to be retrofitted due to safety concerns. should it cost more, utilities would be ab

>>> and speaking of technology, blackberry unveils the playbook this week. cnet.com's dan ackerman will put the new product up against the favorite, apple's ipad. s ] ♪ [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally conscious way, while saving you hundreds of dollars on your water heating energy bill. introducing the geospring water heater from ge with advanced hybrid technology. heating the water in your home any other way is just going to seem primitive. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] we touch a lot of things throughout the day. so it's nice that clorox disinfecting products help kill the germs that can live on surfaces for up to 48 hours. ♪ feels sweet when i can touch you ♪ [ male announcer ] the vanilla caramel latte from maxwell house international café. the 60 calorie way to stop your world. >>> all this week, we're taking an unprecedented look at the education crisis in america and possible solutions as part of our "education nation." the plaza right outside our studios at rockefell

introducing the blackberry torch. at&t. rethink possible. >>> welcome back, everybody.illing a north carolina's police chief's daughter is expected in an upstate new york courtroom this morning. michael neal harvey was arrested on monday in niagara falls. a nationwide manhunt was launched after the body of valerie hamilton was found in a storage unit in north carolina over the weekend. last night the community held a vigil for hamilton who was the daughter of murl hamilton. a funeral will be held this afternoon. >>> in kentucky, the lawyer for a man accused of strangling his wife says his client falsely confessed it that murder. woody will smith is charged in the death of his wife back in may of 2009 and initially, according to court documents smith's attorney was going to argue that caffeine made him do it but in opening arguments yesterday the caffeine made smith confess and that actually someone else committed that murder. joining me now here in the studio is former attorney general of new jersey. good to have you with us. this is kind of confusing because we have th

so, if you are using your blackberry, you are using skype.e is an order for access to that information. if the company doesn't have the capability to unscramble it and turn it over to the government. megyn: how is this idea being received now? >> we detroit was interesting. this was -- we thought it was interesting. it was on the front page of the "new york times" today. it says "u.s. tries to make it easier to wiretap the internet." you back look in august when president bush was pushing for information on the internet it says "concerned raised on wider trying under new law." we are talk about different laws, different specifics, but underlying it the same message. we'll put the put the headlines out there and let them see how the media is handling it. megyn: it's not like i'm going to be sitting at home emailing you a and the next thing i know president obama will be sitting in the east room -- that's not how out goes. >> reporter: basically it will apply to companies here in the u.s. but it would also apply to foreign companies so they wou

get a free samsung intensity, a free blackberry bold or any other phone in our lineup.'t miss out. offer ends soon. buy a samsung fascinate and any other phone is free. only at verizon. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- dr. phil mcgraw. from "castle," nathan fillion. and music from trace adkins. with cleto and the cletones. ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" >> dicky: and now, cheer up! here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well, thank you. i'm jimmy, thank you for watching. thanks for making it out tonight. good to have you in my clutches. sit down. i'd like to talk to you guys about something. i need to -- and it's serious, too. it's very weird in here tonight, isn't it? did someone in the audience have a seizure or something before? well, will be. it's election season again. there seems to be more election seasons than seasons of "the bachelorette" now days. and some shocking results in the new york and delaware republican primaries last night, where well-known veteran politicians were upended by candidates affiliated by the tea

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t and blackberry have teamed up to keep your business moving.ng the blackberry torch. at&t. rethink possible. . >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm arana sohn. in sports as the baseball season winds down and the pen apartment races heat up one team knows which pitcher will start their postseason. here's fred roggin. >> the twins were first to clinch and even though the playoffs are two weeks away, they named francisco lariano their first starter. great play by a.j. burnett. he snared the comebacker with his glove. he was done after two innings because of a delay. evan long gar ya took goadin. no glove needed here. knocked it down with his leg. playoffs can't start soon enough for the twins. jose lopez had quite a game against the blue jays, hit three home runs to bring it to ten. mariners have been waiting for this all season after he hit 25 last year. lopez hit solo shots in the third and sixth and capped off the trifecta with a two-run bomb. not a bad day at the office. mariners won it 6-3. funny moment here. oswalt wanted a new ball and hit

blackberry came out with its new, they're calling it the blackberry playbook and it's going to take on the apple i pad. stock is down nearly 30% this year, apple soaring to new heights, up 40% and the most valuable company in the america. >>> in a hollywood career that spanned 70 years, she is best known for her role as the older rose in titanic, gloria stewart was 100 years old. look at her in that scene, she was so beautiful. she was the oldest person everybody to be nominated for an academy award. >> mr. roker. you we >> we are off to a wet start again. the showers will be with us off and on this morning and early this afternoon. i do think it will clear up later in the day. i >> and that's your latest weather. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. new york mayor michael bloomberg turned some heads as he addressed the education nation summit being put on here in new york by nbc news. he says he plans to put teachers to task and make them earn their tenure. i want to get to education in just a second, but first let's talk politics, both the president and the vice president are out th

get a free samsung intensity, a free blackberry bold or any other phone in our lineup. don't miss out. offer ends soon. buy a samsung fascinate and any other phone is free. only at verizon. it sure doesn't feel like it. -pit's like a summer weekend. >> it'' kind of funny because our temperatures will go back up a little bit as we roubd out the week and a ffw ssowers and thunddestorrs like spring weathee. kind of interesting.. beautiffl day out there. we're going to see nice conditions that are going to be settling in. looks like we will see not much activity going on. >>> as we say in arabicc >>>>flyinggtomatoes create lots  >>> the americaa hiker just released from a flven iran is speaking out tonight for the first time since returning to u.s. soil. she was freed on tuesday after being held for 13 months. oday she expressed >>> tomatoe s start their jouuney to becooing saucc or paste at an eeent in mmlwaukee this weekknd. welcome to the fourth annual tomato rochl.

on monday the company that gave us blackberry unveiled its tablet computer the playbook. it's lighter than the ipad with a screen about half the size, and unlike the ipad, it will have two cameras on the front and back. it should be available early next year, but the company has not yet announced a price tag. >>> president obama signed a bill on monday creating a $30 billion fund to help small businesses expand and hire. the bill also includes eight tax breaks. the president says the incentives should help create jobs in the short-term. >>> the planned merger of southwest and air tran looks like a mixed bag for consumers. most analysts say it will mean more routes and fewer delays and cancellations in small cities. but it could also mean higher ticket prices. southwest will drop air tran's baggage fees but experts don't think it will lead other carriers to follow suit. >>> and when tax season comes, be prepared to do a little legwork. because so many people file electronically these days, the irs will no longer be mailing out tax forms and instructions. the move could sav

introducing the blackberry torch. at&t.ossible. >>> been talking about education all this week as part of education nation and reform. not just about the length of the school year or where student goes to school, also about keeping those students in school. and for the united states, that issue has economic and as well as academic consequences. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that the dropouts from class of 2009 will cost the u.s. $335 billion in lost wages, taxes, and productivity. according to the alliance for excellent education which estimates that $1.3 million students drop out of the u.s. high schools every year. 1.3 million. >>> enough with the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler. i hate to be self-serving or self-promotion self-promotional. in just 306 hours from now. less than two weeks, you'll be able to get your matey paws on the exciting new satirical masterpiece known as the "american freak show" or order it on amazon. get yourself on amazon and preorder it right now. one of the

. >> new yetors of blackberry introduced the play book today. its lighter, smaller than the ipad and it weighs less than a pound. the company is betting it'll appeal to blackberry fans, many of whom are corporate users. it can display all video available on the internet. the ipad can't display flash. >> if it happens you may fail to see the bright side. why police officers say they are doing you a favor when they boot your car. [ ruiz ] reliable tools started as a brick and mortar store. we sell lathes, mills, high-tech equipment. i had an idea to go ahead and put up a couple of items on ebay, and they brought more than our expectations. meg whitman gave me the tools to expand globally. we sell to australia, india... that big blue machine over there? it's going to malaysia on wednesday. with ebay, she created jobs for millions of people. with meg's creativity, she'll be able to create jobs here in california. i'm mariano ruiz and i'm a meg whitman success story. tonight . >>> call it a friendly reminder for something you meant to do but obviousl

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we're talking about blackberries. especially with the research in motion devices right now, users can send messages back and forth and not even the company knows what they're saying. there is such a high level of encryption. the concern here is that if these communications are opened up to the fbi, if they can do these high-tech wire taps, then there are some security, i should say privacy concerns. on the other hand, the fbi wants to know if bad guys are using these devices, what they're saying. >> i certainly understand the need for law enforcement to do their work. on the other hand, i do think we have an expectation of privacy when we use these devices and you worry that the people who are listening in could have used this authority, abuse the authority and infringe on civil rights. >> reporter: expect the legislation to come down the pipe sometime next year and if it passes it could be copied by security organizations around the globe. i'm matt bigler in san jose, for cbs 5. >>> well, matching bones literally dis

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elizabeth karmel will show us her special peach and blackberry pie.s good to have her visit us, but then it's rough to try to get back into my clothes. >>> sean mclaughlin is here with a final check of the weather. how's everybody in phoenix these days? >> doing well. i left 106, so -- >> and look at this day? >> i know. i'm loving the days here in the city. let's talk temperatures on your labor day monday. who's going to have to slather on the sunscreen? the folks out west. take a look. 90 in albuquerque. down in the southern plains, 94 in dallas. look at the sixty up through the northern plains. here's why, a big giant cold front could produce severe weather. strong downpours, pelting hail from des moines, minneapolis all the way east to madison. watch it if you're traveling through chicago. maybe call ahead if you're trying to fly out tonight to make it back home for work tomorrow. northeast, the summer returns. talking 90s down in through the virginias in thr >>> that funky baseline. i'm looking this. back to you. >>> thanks very much. you may be

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