analyst david garrity says the ipad's biggest threat is amazon's kindle fire, which costs less than $200. >> amazon, in terms of digital content and services, is more than a match for apple. and also, as a competitor, amazon has shown historically that they are willing to accept very low margins. >> reporter: so far, samsung tablets haven't made much inroads, but garrity isn't giving them up for dead. >> you certainly will be seeing more products coming up from samsung. and sooner or later, they'll find a way to get it right. >> reporter: some industry experts think e-readers like the nook and kindle touch will eventually be phased out, but not cnet's maggie reardon. >> there are a lot of people who want a device that has one specific purpose. i think there's a really big market for that, so i think we will continue to see e-readers. >> reporter: blackberry's playbook is another matter. >> blackberry is barely a blip in the whole tablet market. i think they have long way to go. >> reporter: the big unknown is whether microsoft will tip the apple cart when it releases windows 8 later this

we tried to talk to the owner, garrity, sr.te i want to talk to you about the allegations that were made. >> not right now. >> the state is seeking refunds pickax services that consumers paid for and did not get, we want them to return that money -- the state is seeking refunds. >> services that customers pay for and did not get. >> a hearing on the alleged violations is set for may 22. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it is are to forget the big mess the 2009 water main break left behind in dundalk. now in dpw is showing off a new technology to prevent severe breaks like that in the future. it is called pipe diver, and is used on a certain type of concrete pipe that was manufactured back in the 1970's, like the one in dundalk. it goes down and inspect the condition of the pipe and identifies the location and level of the damage. >> this is really good news that this technology is there. we can really get a good feel for the next step we need to take to ensure public safety. >> the pipe diver is being used for the first time tonight. it is very lengthy process that will take up to eight

please join me first in welcoming alaska's new attorney general, michael garrity. michael, welcome. and new jersey's new attorney general, jeffrey kiesa, he's not quite here yet. his loss. we'll introduce him later. it is now my pleasure to introduce our host. irf? >> good afternoon. thank you very much, attorney general mckenna. it's my pleasure to address my fellow ag members for the second time as host here in the district of columbia. i'm sorry for the weather today but i am assured that it's going to get warmer and sunnier in the next few days. and that's not just because of the hot air of the introductions that i'm about to make. in my first year as attorney general we've been fortunate to have a very productive collaboration with many of you at nag. we have a preesh kuwaited the perspective and time given by nag and executive director jim mcpherson and several attorneys general to inform our thinking on challenges and opportunities that we face now because our office is transitioning from an appointed attorney general to an elected attorney general, which begins in 2014. in a

garrity. i want to talk to about the allegations that were made. >> the company is accused of performing services using unlicensed workers. hundreds of homeowners were charged a fee and a hearing on the alleged violations is set for may. >> a new technology to inspect water mains. they inserted a pipe diver at a water main on tuesday and they began collecting information overnight the canal cruise identify problems that could lead to future breaks. the project will cost a couple of million dollars and could take up to eight weeks to complete. lawmakers in annapolis are discussing a doomsday budget. the measure is considered an alternative to the governor's plan. the talks come as a house committee hears testimony on a bill to extend the sales tax to some 30 different services. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you rather see the state budget balanced through a mixture of cuts and tax increases, or strictly through funding cuts, program eliminations and layoffs? you

vul garrity has no place in the public, no matter who is saying it. >> bill, it's ed rendell. >> hey,t just conservatives that are calling for us to give it back, it's democratic women, i was on the phone a half our ago with a democratic, active woman and she said we have to give it back. we have to make the slate crystal clear, we stand for everything that is good about women's participation in politics and we have to have a no gray area. it has to be our good record against their terrible record. and what is -- >> i think, i think, governor that you make a good point that there's a really big difference and what the choice is here and what it comes down to, what it comes down to is not just lining up all the supporters what are the most offensive things that you can find that they said from time to time, over the course of time, who is president obama and what kind of leadership would mitt romney bring to the table. are you talking about a person that would appoint who to the supreme court. there's bright lines and there's not gray lines in the choices in the election, nobody is goi

top-rated apple analyst dave garrity of gva research joins us with his thoughts.is apple launch all week, and let me give a sentence. let's say we're five years from now. it's march of 2017. finish the sentence for me, back in march of 2012 with the launch of the ipad, i guess it's ipad version number three, we should have been thinking about what given the next five years when you think about apple five years from today? >> you should have been thinking about the fact that probably by that point in time 2 billion people will actually be ipad owners and users. or to think differently more in terms of tablet pcs, the category would have grown to that size. >> we had an analyst on earlier who was talking about the margins on these units as they continue to develop the next generation, is it analytical thinking that each new device that apple releases that they can, in fact, increase the operating margin to their pnl? >> the question is to what extent can apple control the pricing on the unit, and the question that will be coming in here is to what extent will you se

office earlier this year but please join me first in welcoming alaska's new attorney general, michael garrity. right here. michael, welcome. [applause] and new jersey new attorney general, jeffrey kay said, who is not quite here yet. his loss. we will introduce him later. it's now my pleasure to introduce our host, attorney general irvin nathan, from the district of columbia. irv? [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you very much, attorney general mckenna. it's my pleasure to address my fellow naag members for the second time as the host here in the district of columbia. i'm sorry for the weather today, but i am sure that it's going to get warmer and sunnier the next few days, and that's not just because of the hot air of the introduction i'm about to make. in my first year as attorney general, we have been fortunate to have a very productive collaboration with many of you at naag. we have appreciated the perspective and time given by naag and its executive director, jim mcpherson, and several attorneys general, to inform our thinking on challenges and opportunities that we face now because o

that volume garrity shocked an -- vulgarity shocked an audience. it's on 8:00 p.m.e reelz channel. thank you for your time. coming up, a huge report on the economy. >> eric: we'll get the monthly unemployment rate. >> gretchen: then let's make a deal. >> eric: he is rick santorum working out a secret deal with mitt romney. the details next. >> gretchen: and take a look at this. the first of its kind air bags on the outside of a car? huh? >> steve: fox news alert for you right now. the monthly jobless numbers coming out. unemployment remains unchanged at 8.3%. that's where it was last month. employers added, here is great news -- 227,000 jobs in the month of february. they were expecting about 210,000 jobs. so let's turn now to chris wallace who joins us from our nation's capitol. chris, that sounds pretty good. 227,000 people got new jobs in the last month. >> absolutely. look, it isn't as many as you'd like, but it's as you say, better than expected. we're now in the number. and eric can talk about this with more expertise than i can. we're in the area where if you