you were an mac or pc person, a battle between apple and microsoft. does microsoft picking up nokia reignat the battle? >> the battle has been going on for a while. microsoft has not been part of the debate. microsoft would desperately like it to be a three-horse race. they are a distant number three at the moment. the question is do they get in the conversation where when anyone thinks about a phone they think about going ims, android or windows. many are not asking the question. >> as the battle intensifies, what does it mean for consumers. will prices drop? >> price is a weapon. microsoft has their most success at the low end of the market. there's a product the lumina 520 using the windows phone that is cheaper than others on the market. it's $150 without a subsidy, sometimes lower. price could be a weapon that microsoft uses. any time that happens, it's good for consumers. . >> where did nokia go wrong. so many of us, first phones - we'll talk about this later. so many started with nokia phones. was it that apple came in with new products and nok

pushback to that future i is considering the relationship i'm sorry considering the relationship between apple and the n.s.a. i assume it's a voluntary feature and i would hope that people are aware of their rights and also aware of some of the risks before they decide to scan their fingerprints. well fed well thank you so much for coming on i really appreciate your time elizabeth teen co-director of the liberty and national program at the brennan center for justice thanks so much experiment. and still ahead here on r.g.p. in the u.s. counting sheep has become counting pills millions of americans are diagnosed with a sleeping disorder depending more and more on drugs for a shot i more on that after the break. dramas the chance to be ignored. in the. stories others use in those. places change the world right. to make sure. you know. the roads to. look to dump. at least. if. you think. that. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.g.p. question. the power supply. it was a.

that future i is going to sit around in a relationship i'm sorry considering the relationship between apple and the n.s.a. i assume it's a voluntary feature and i would hope that people are aware of their rights and also aware of some of the risks before they decide to scan their fingerprints well said well thank you so much for coming on i really appreciate your time elizabeth co-director of the liberty and national program at the brennan center for justice thanks so much experiment. got sleepy while apparently many americans do not in fact between fifty and seventy million americans suffer from some kind of sleep disorder and with so many americans not getting the sleep that their body needs we're seeing more and more people develop a new dependence on sleep friendly drugs r t correspondent liz wahl has the story desperate for some sleep more than nine million americans turn to sleeping pills had many patients call them and say that they're not sleeping well may have been dreamed in years in the first study of its kind the centers for disease control found one in twenty five americans pop

. >> the combination between apple and the local carriers, frankly speaking, they were not quite successfulple from our, level looks a little bit arrogant. and chinese markets used to be ignored. >> reporter: the iphone itself is hundreds of dollars more expensive than its competitors. the growing success of the local brand are beating apple at its own game right here in china, generating a buzz around its new product and creating community for its users. just last week it held a huge product unveiling and introduced an executive they scooped up from google last month. >> translator: they tradition a tribe first and then starts to develop its products. it makes their users believe their phone is cheap, but still has a relatively high profit margin. >> reporter: apple still has work ahead. >> translator: i won't consider an iphone, even the low-end product. it is still very expensive, almost $500, i can't afford it. >> reporter: it might be time for a bit of reinvention. ♪ >>> the oklahoma state football team is in trouble these days. ross is here with highlights. >> yeah. giving money to pl

not surprising, as apple still has limited access on china's mobile networks. >> the cooperation between applearriers, are not quite successful. apple looks a little bit arrogant, chinese markets used to be in their whole global perspective. >> the ire phone itself is hundreds of dollars more expensive than its competitors. >> the growing success of local brand is much more than it's low price point smart phones. they're beating apple in china, generating buzz around its product and creating a community for its users. last week it held a huge product unveiling and introduced an executive from google they scooped up last month. >> it's traded a tribe, it establishes the describe first and then develops its product. they make its users believe its phone is cheap but still has a relatively high profit margin. >> apple still has work ahead to beat its competition. >> samsung has a bigger screen and i prefer the android system, which is more open. >> wouldn't consider an iphone, it's still very expensive, almost $500. i can't afford it. >> for apple to expand, it might be time for a bit of reinvent

>> considering the relationship between the apple and the usa. >> i hope that they are aware of some of the risks. >> thank you for coming on and i appreciate your time. >> still ahead, in the u.s., counting sheep has become counting pills. depending more and more on drugs for shut eye. more, after the break. >> that sleep? many americans do not. many american suffer from a sleeping disorder. with so many not getting the sleep their body needs, more people are developing a dependence on sleep fiendly drugs. liz wall has the story. >> more than 9 million americans turn to sleeping pills. >> many patients say that they are not sleeping well and have not dreamed in years. >> the centers for disease control found one in 25 americans pop pills to get some shut eye. there are trends among users. prescription pill usage increases with age, higher among women, increases with education, and prescribed for those that doctors diagnosed with a sleep disorder. america's sleeping pill of choice is ambien o r its generic name. it knocks the user out pretty quick and the fda lowered the recommended

what this may imply is a deal could be announced very, very soon with regard to a deal between apple to sell its apple iphones, at least the cheaper versions, on china mobile system. remember, china mobile is the world's biggest smartphone carrier by subscribers. also another smartphone headline, this time with amazon. jessica lessing, a former reporter and noted tech reporter, is reporting that amazon is close to a deal to offer free smartphones to some of its customers. again, remember, this is a huge deal if they do get into this space. it puts amazon in direct competition with other smartphone makers like amazon -- or like apple, like samsung, other big ones there. maria, apple shares and amazon shares certainly ones we're watching on the smartphone headlines. back over to you. >> thank you so much, dom. the stock also on the move. >>> the countdown to the implementation of obamacare, meanwhile, under way, causing headaches for some employers. i'll talk to the top financial executives of at&t and u.p.s. exclusively about what the law is doing to the health of their company. and we

there is philosophical difference between apple and samsung. that will continue. end on this but there has to be some inspirational product out there soon for apple to really get its mojo barks doesn't there, brian? >> oh, yeah, i think ultimately, you know, we will see an iwatch. we will see an itv. at end of the day it will not matter from a financial perspective. it will be more of a sentiment changer. i think ultimately the iphone 5c and iphone 35 sis s and what we expect, i phone 6, five inch iphone will drive apple to $600. david: we'll see. mark and brian, thank you gentlemen. appreciate it. >>> mediavesttores have been enjoying rich returns but it's a very different story for a lot of workers in the media industry. we'll go to the headquarters of one of the best known audio equipment-makers to find out how to get a job in this highly competitive industry. lots more from liz. she is still out in san francisco. liz, what is coming up. >> we're finishing up "three days in the valley" day one with just a huge get. two years ago facebook realized, they saw the w

now, amid-the battle of titans between apple and google and samsung, we sometimes forget because we talk about mood cycles being quick, the business cycles can be sometimes even quicker. the mon lidge, used to be called microsoft, company founded by bill gates says it's back with the purchase of what was until recently the world leader in mobile phones, nokia. >> today's announcement is a bold step into the future. for microsoft, it's also a signature event, signature event in our transformation. we think this is win-win for employees. win-win for shareholders and win-win for customers of both companies. >> win-win. >> i think it's one loser buying another loser. it's lose-lose as far as i'm concerned. steve balmer managed to reduce the seals of microsoft to one quarter the capital -- market capitalization of microsoft to one quarter of apple's. apple's used to be 8% of microsoft. he has taken constantly bad decisons. they lost also -- have a number of technologies they have not been able to integrate them. have not been able to 0 integrate the teams. they are a disaster. windows 8 is a

the latest blow in the tech war between apple and samsung.he galaxy gear from samsung. the tech giant today unveiling its so-called smart watch. company officials say it acts as a sort of extension of the smart phone by alerting the wearer to incoming messages and calls. it works by blue tooth. folks can make calls on it secret agent style. camera and a bunch of apps. apple is reportedly developing a sum larr product as we reported lehr last night that company has scheduled a media event next week in which analysts expect will will ununveil a new generation of iphones. now to a mailman's paradise. that's what some are calling the small retirement town of now crest, florida. i never heard of it either. but the residents there have one thing in common. they are all retired postal carriers. where is it? it's about an hour and a half drive east of tampa. and the name now crest is actually an acronym that is for national association of letter carriers retirement education security and training. according to the town's official web site, ground bre

i see this divergence in approach between what apple and sensing in particular is doing.the two are really competing head-to-head, you have the 5s, the galaxy s4. here is something that is interesting. apple has internalized the interface -- innovation. samsung's always backing in more features. in fact, the samsung galaxy as for will watch you. gerri: and not sure i like that. >> it does eye-popping. not always things that consumers like i wish the phone would watch me. so apple's approach is to understand the consumer. gerri: understand the consumer. iphone 5s is the fingerprint technology that people are starting to tell me they are worried about, this concern. apple has my thumb print. apple confined me anywhere anyhow in the who and reported to the federal. it is like the nsa watching over your shoulder. gerri: all the information is encrypted. they do in cribs the data. they're not taking pictures of your fingerprint. they're actually doing a definition of your fingerprint and storing it in a hardware layer which is the only way to do securities so that it is not fl

the spread between what apple pays for those and what apple sells to a third party for will be revenue. those are likely to get recirculated into emerging markets. the stock now after the two-day fall has fallen to pre-icahn tweet levels around $465, $470 range. we'll have to see what happens with the 5 krc launch. traders miffed that apple did not expand market share by pricing a lower priced phone but the margins could be the upside here. we'll have to see how customers receive it when it comes out in just a few days, maria. >> thank you so much, john. want to get reaction to one of the most well-known shareholders in apple. with me exclusively on the telephone is carl icahn, billionaire investor who's been talking and tweeting about apple since he took a stake in the company. carl, good to have you. thank you for joining us. >> happy birthday, maria. >> thank you so much. >> happy, happy 30th. >> exactly. you got it. so, carl, what gives here? the market obviously not excited about the news out of apple yesterday. what's your reaction as such a key share holder? >> we look at the ma

these are the buyers, apple is counting on between now and year's end. two years ago, apple sold 37- million apple 4-s in its initial launch and fourth quarter. last year, the apple sold 47-million i-phone 5's in the same period. this year, analysts say the target is about 50-to-55 million, from the 37- million who bought 4s's, and new customers including a push to sell more in asia. "i think this one is an even more important launch for apple because its stock took a dip and people want to see if they can once again, create innovative products, and so far, it seems like they've done that." the new processor is said to make the new iphone 40x faster, with bigger pixels in its camera, not more of them. and enhanced security. "it has a better security feature i care about security." in asia, gold-colored metal iphones sold out. fewer people told us they were buying the cheaper variation 5c. analysts say apple is still aiming at the high-end user willing to pay a lot for a phone that seems to be made of gold. "i bought the 64 gig. it cost me $399." morningst

they've got us tech companies spying on asian tech companies and i'm thinking about the spat between samsung and apple over patents and other intellectual property so here you have proof that american companies are gays and corporate espionage on asian counterparts and also dan i would imagine that the next time america case is china of currency manipulation that's not going to go over well either at this point dan . no unfortunately we've in the u.s. we've lost the high ground on everything in from economics to in politics we've lost we've lost the argument in many ways so i think there's going to be a re readjustment of. values it but we're going both ways all right speaking of readjustments danny you live in shanghai but you've spent the summer and the you asked tell us about some of your observations during the trip how does the infrastructure of the general economy compare in the u.s. to what you observe in china recently from detroit area lived in china fifteen years when i come back here obviously it's a shock to me i mean many of the cities i go here are more more similar to second world condi

they've got us tech companies spying on asian tech companies and i'm thinking about the spat between samsung and apple over patents and other intellectual property so here you have proof that american companies are gays and corporate espionage on asian counterparts and also dan i would imagine that the next time america kids is china of currency manipulation that's not going to go over well either at this point dan . no unfortunately we've in the u.s. we've lost the high ground on everything in from economics to in politics we've lost we've lost the argument in many ways so i think there's going to be a re readjustment of. values it but we're going both ways all right speaking of readjustments danny you live in shanghai but you've spent the summer and the you asked tell us about some of your observations during the trip how does the infrastructure of the general economy compare in the u.s. to what you observe in thailand i didn't originally from detroit area lived in china fifteen years when i come back here obviously it's a shock to me i mean many of the cities i go here are more more similar to seco

they've got us tech companies spying on asian tech companies and i'm thinking about the spat between samsung and apple over patents and other intellectual property so here you have proof that american companies are gays and corporate espionage on asian counterparts and also dan i would imagine that the next time america case is china of currency manipulation that's not going to go over well either at this point dan . no unfortunately we've in the u.s. we've lost the high ground on everything in from economics to in politics we've lost we've lost the argument in many ways so i think there's going to be a re readjustment of. values it will going both ways all right speaking of readjustments danny you live in shanghai but you've spent the summer and the you asked tell us about some of your observations during the trip how does the infrastructure of the general economy compare in the u.s. to what you observe in china recently from detroit area lived in china fifteen years when i come back here obviously it's a shock to me i mean many of the cities i go here are more more similar to second world conditions

. >>> coming up, the online feud between martha stewart and apple.e're back in two. >>> we could find out on monday if airline passengers will be allowed to use cell phones and tablets during takeoffs and landings. a federal panel will release its recommendations. regardless of what the panel says you won't be allowed to make calls or send messages from your phone yet. the panel's recommendation has to be reviewed by the faa. >>> martha stewart can make or fix just about anything. apparently she can't repair her broken ipad. she's not happy about that. stewart took to twitter to vent about her shattered ipad which she says was given to her by steve jobs of all people. stewart is upset that apple hn sent anyone to pick it up to get it fixed for her. she later tweeted how she triggered the rath of apple's public relations department because of her tweets. and they're not the only ones with little sympathy for stewart. some of the nicer comments on social media suggest the multimillionaire buy herself a new ipad and lose the self-absorbed spoiled attitu

those two closely watch the industry, it's not surprising as apple still has limited access on china's networks. >> the combination betweenand the local carriers were not that special. apple from our, you know, people, looks a little bit arrogant, and chinese markets used to be ignored in their whole global perspective. >> reporter: the iphone itself is hundreds of dollars more expensive than its competitors. the growing success of the local store is beating am at its own game right here in china. just last week it held a huge product unveiling, and introduced an executive that scooped up from google last month. >> translator: it creates tribe culture among its fans. it makes its users belief their phone is cheap, but it still has a relatively high profit margin. >> reporter: apple still has work ahead to beat its competition. >> translator: samsung has the biggest screen, and i prefer the android system which is more open. >> sit still very expensive, almost $500, i can't afford it. >> reporter: it might be time for a bit of ren -- reinvention for am. -- apple. >>> rising mortgage rates are costing jobs at another big ba

we have two big story, first microsoft put itself in the middle of a smartphone battle between apple google and time warner cable and cbs settled their month-long battle ending a blackout of cbs shows in several major markets across the country. what do these mean? what is going on? zain asher is here to give us perspective. good morning. >> reporter: with microsoft, microsoft wants to be more than a software provider. they want to get into the mobile business. they only have 4% of the market share in terms of smartphones and so they really want to push that and they're doing that by acquiring nokia. i grew up in europe, nokia has seen sales dwindle. for them they need the financial backing from microsoft to push that forward. >> what does this mean for consumers? >> first, more choice which is always great news for consumers. also for microsoft to be able to compete with google and apple they have to offer something innovative, innovative features, better services but it could mean better prices as well. >> some competition and better pricing. >> on the cable front what was the down

>> well, for apple, gene munster said between 5 million and 6 million units. a year ago, the number of 5 million. here's the problem, though. apple clearly supply constrained with the 5-s. just about everybody in line in palo alto and at the fifth avenue store was looking for the 5-s. we heard from courtney reagan on the ground at fifth avenue, that they ran out of 5-s supply at around -- by 2:00 eastern time. they were almost out of it here in palo alto right around the same time pacific time. last year, it was saturday, midday, before they ran out of supply all together. so it seems like they are stocking out sooner. munster said if they run out of supply by saturday midday that means we are closer to the 5 million number. >> thanks for. that to the blackberry story here at this point. because in this session, blackberry lost a billion dollars in market cap. does this speed up the process of them being a buyer for the whole business -- >> steve and karen had a street fight, september 3rd, i think. steve made great points about how, just the fact that there is

on data and chatting with analysts, it looks like a lot of people are -- apple users are making the switch. the difference between version and ios 6, apple is saying it was trying to create an experience that was simpler, more colorful. it's flatter. less texture. what has been the reaction so far? a mixed panel which is a mobile analytic -- it lets you see the rate at which apple's customers are making the move to ios 7. before the launch when just developers had it, only about 3% of internet traffic was coming from ios 7. but today it's about 38% of internet traffic is coming from the new operating system. as for what analysts think, i spoke to tim baharan of creative strategies. a high-tech consulting firm here in silicon valley. he says the number one issue, customer satisfaction, he thinks consumers will ultimately appreciate the operating system as much as he has. he talks about the interface which he says looks new but f m feels familiars. more to the point, he also predicts we'll see more people interested in os. that could bring, of course, new users into the apple ecosystem. bill, maria, back to you. >>

hasn't clicked with consumers selling about 1.7 million units in the same time apple sold 57 million ipads. this deal between microsoft and nokia shows just how far and fast nokia has fallen in 2007 the company had 48% of the cell phone market was worth $10 billion more than apple. scott just five years later nokia fallen to 3.5% of the market. >> pelley: ben tracey in our los angeles newsroom. ben, thank you. the centers for disease control and prevention puts out a lot of numbers but this one really got our attention. in 2010, more than 200,000 americans died who should not have because the disease that killed them, cardiovascular disease, was preventable. the cdc estimates one in four deaths from heart attack and stroke can be prevented by such things as treating high blood pressure and quitting smoking. and talking about a good cardio work-out diana nyad completed a record swim yesterday from cuba to key west, florida. she's the first person to do it without a shark change and dealt at the age of 64. elaine quijano caught up with her today. >> reporter: how did you sleep last night? >> like a baby. and i

he is stuck between the whole mom and apple pie and one hand and his reality on the other. >> bill: if he doesn't have enough courage to overcome a circumstance, he should just not say anything. but, i'm disturbed because i think the fathers of daughters in newark are under siege in a lot of different ways. okay? i think fathers have to stand up and say we believe this whatever it is we believe. this we hope our daughters and our sons follow this belief and then keep the rest of it private. private i see my role with my girls is i never want them to have to depend on any man but me. if they want to embrace a guy or go with a guy they are not doing public displays. >> you are right. i think one of the reasons they don't is they understand that i'm there for them afraid of you. >> the boys are definitely afraid. >> bill: i'm afraid of you. i don't want you coming after he. all right, geraldo. gutfeld and mcguirk on starbucks saying no to guns and miss america being smeared on the net. the boys in a moment. >> thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly. in the what the heck just happen

is it then that apple and samsung and other guys are going to bring out to basically keep that innovation moving along. >> yeah. and meanwhile, got this, you know, how is the battle betweensung and -- apple has this invitation out at the moment. will samsung keep its lead? >> for now, yes. if you look at the sheer numbers in terms of the units shipping, look at the presence that they have globally and their ability to command a wide range of price points, the momentum going behind samsung is still good. the question is, however, who is going to be the one that takes mind share. apple has been the one that people look to for next cool thing and we'll see if they're able to keep that up. it is look a boxing match. we'll see this week what samsung has up its sleeve. and whether or not that's something that looks better than what apple has got next week. >> yeah, sonny, any news about the -- >> as someone who is not invested in either companies, i'm a consumer and i love the boxing match as long as they keep doing better things for us. i think one of the important thing today to watch out for is whether the samsung watch gadget is going to be stand alone or is it going to be

there will be a number of comparisons between the iphone and android. >> it used to be when apple releasesew iphone was released, the whole world stopped to listen, but now is this a good or bad thing they are introducing a cheaper version? >> well, the chinese market is huge, and there is a growing consum consumer clientele. i have seen people lining up outside of the apple store in beijing every single day. they don't even bother putting the iphones or ipads in the back. they just stack them behind the counter and people are buying them by the armful. and this is interest now, epecially because there is competition, that apple is looking another other ways of making more profit. >> when the iphone was first introduced even dinosaurs like myself couldn't wait to rush ou% and buy one, do you think we'll see the same thing with the release of these two phones. >> it seems like with each passing there isn't quite that oooh ahhhh. but the phones are getting faster, lighter, but those with expected. we expect laptops and desktop computers to become lighter and faster, so what is the new idea h

analysts say apple will sell between five and six million phones -- wait for it -- just this weekend. just ahead of the pace of last year's launch. of course, people with better things to do than wait in long lines will probably just buy their phones online, but if those folks want one of the new gold iphones they have to wait even longer because apple won't be able to ship any of those gold phones until next month, but if you want one with one of the cool colors, the iphone 5cs, those are plentiful. >> a woman from pennsylvania says her husband's final wish was to have his ashes buried in his home town in britain, but she claims on the flight over the airline lost the urn holding the ashes. after tsa agents made her check it with her luggage, and now, guess what, she is suing. we'll talk about that next. the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all

the war is between samsung and not apple but, in fact, qualcomm. john has more on this.>> good morning, kelly. i wall this a smartwatch watch. this is from qualcomm. i talked to ceo jed. he's making it clear he's not trying to war with samsung saying we've been through those sorts of battles already. he really wants to show off their mirasol technology for this screen roughly getting five days of battery life versus one day for the samsung watch you have back there. that's the key technology. look at this apple chart. we know that they've been struggling. part of the issue here a smartphone penetration is over 50% in the top 15 markets including the u.s. and, okay, so what's in these watches. it looks like they're looking to retail for around $300. neither company has been specific about that. a whole range of battery life from one to five days and they rely on smartphones for their wireless connections. now, you've got the samsung gear over there. both these watch rest niche because that gear neetsds to connect to the galaxy note 3 or the new tablet. they need to roll o

after the announcement: you can see apple shares are down some what showing down about two points and fluctuating a little bit between two and four points and down under 1 percent. so it is at 503, above 500. so we look at our technology reporter now, david, at the apple announcement and a full report later at 4:00 and 5:00 and of course on twitter, as well. mike nicco? >> flight arrival delays at sfo are over because the clouds have broken but lingering longer than yesterday leading to a cooling trend with a warming trend coming up but not a lot of heat in the forecast. stick around for that forecast, it is a roller coaster road. >> deals and changing your meals. "good morning america" shares a dramatic at humana, our medicare agents sit down with you and ask. hanging out with this guy. he's just the love of my life. [ male announcer ] getting to know you is how we help you choose the humana medicare plan that works best for you. mi familia. ♪ [ male announcer ] we want to help you achieve your best health, so you can keep doing the things that are important to you. keeping up with them. i love it! [ male announcer

apple comes with the cachet. everyone loves their products but android has loyal customers as well. >> you could argue there are very much parallels betweena's strategy and apple. motorola has higher end with the droid and and apple doing the same thing with the 5s, and 5c. ashley: assuming this is over and we pretty much got the highlights. what kind of reaction will we get? eh, or good? >> historically not unusual for stock to trade up on speculation after big announcement such as today and the stock to pull back after announcement. it will be interesting to see how well the stock holds up after today and tomorrow's news. ashley: tom, great stuff. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. tracy: so the event is over although, elvis costello was invited to sing. he sung, what is so funny about peace, love and understanding. i would have loved to see that. ashley: he is a character year. tracy: he is is, wife is amazing singer, diana crawl. tracy: look at you, fun. it is quarter past. time to check the markets. nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. you're watching major movers, aren't you? >> i am. it is a big week on wa

sunday between niners quarterback and his seahawks counter part. >> apple unveiled two new iphones. big improvements you'll see on the next generation of cell phone autos and a judge's harsh words to an ohio man whose video conpossession to killing a man in a crash gained international attention. >> taking a look at traffic, this is interstate 280. you can see it's moving nicely in both directions above you can see 17 interchange here all going well, >>> apple made a big announcement two new iphone models now the wait is on to hit store shelves. april yale unveiled new models in its head quarters this morning. both phone goes on sale september 20th a week from friday. iphone 5 c is a more affordable model made of plastic. 5 s has upgraded camera and a fingerprint sensor. apple ceo announced latest updates to apple operating system ios 7. >> ios 7 will quickly become the world's popular operating system. packed with mazing features and a stunning new user interface. >> ios 7 will be available fr free down load september 18th. preorders for iphones begins on friday. >> business news,

apple getting ready to ship to china mobile which could be an indication the deal between the to is in place. that's according to a dow jones report citeing people familiar with the matter. now, the investing world has been anticipating such a deal would happen as soon as apple announced it would hold an event in china not long after hosting it in the u.s. next week. now the reason a deal could be big for apple ask that china mobile has 700 million subscribers dwarfing verizon wireless in the u.s. with 100 million subscribers, if apple can get a cheaper smartphone, it is a good sign and a good number of hands at china mobile that this could give it much needed help to gain some market share, mellissa, back over to you. >> thank you very much domenic chu with that. adding the equivalent of a verizon or at&t in terms of volume amount. >> that combined with perhaps the iphone 5s and 5krchl could be launched in china the same day. >> that could mean many more phones tore the december quarter. >> december quarter, potentially. the news is probably old news at this point in time. it's been a

between a 10 and 30 year bond. better than the yield from owning apple who just started to pay a dividend, but lower than you get from owning intel. >> coming with a lot of change, the software giant announced earlier this summer they would launch a major reorganization which would help shift the company focus to tablets and smart phones. earlier this month microsoft surprised analysts when they decided to buy nokia's device business in attempt to compete with apple and samsung in the global smart phone market. last month microsoft announced its long time ceo would be retiring during the next 12 months. the stock today moving higher on the news, now over 20% this year. last year remember it was up just 3%. that stock is currently on track for the biggest yearly gain since 2009. for "nightly business report," josh lipton. >>> while microsoft grows, the federal deficit is expected to shrink. they expect the national deficit to decline to 2% of gross domestic product by 2015 from the current rate of 4%. they also forecast it to rise back up to 3.5 of gdp by 2023, due to soaring health care costs for an aging population.

how will apple differentiate between the high-end iphone or midtier. a lot of attention. its case is plastic, maybe apple's worst-kept secret ever. photos have been leaking out of chinese factories for month, it comes in yellow, red, green, blue and white. the things investors should care most about, what features apple will offer at the various tiers? let's take a look at possibilities. at the high end, the iphone is slighted to start at 650 bucks for 16 gigabytes. apple may kill the iphone 5, offers the 5s at 650, the 5c at 550. the other big question is whether apple keeps the 4 or 4s around. when will these phones be available in apple's fiscal year and quarter finish at the end of the month. as many days of sales as apple can get in before then will be significant. most important, how widely the 5c will be available in emerging mark lets by the end of this month. watches and tvs, i don't know, that would be a bonus, carl. >> there have been analysts on the street, a gene munster who think that tv is a 2013 phenomenon. >> carl, apple doesn't like t

what do you think of the new phones and is there a gap between wall street and main street on apple ofted and confound when apple made the announcement for the iphone 5 about a week and a half ago, suddenly you assault wall street plunge but we knew everything that was going to be in the phone had been reported by folks like me and others in the tech press for weeks, we knew a fingerprint scanner was coming in the lower cost iphones for coming but why does it plunged? people make money and do their thing. the new phones are exciting launching in china today, first time, and launching of the major markets, same day opening. dennis: what do you say? is main street in love with apple? >> when you see the headlines, it was just sort of like a okay. these jobs had these things. and another thing. >> the little extra something, maybe they telegraphed it perfectly, not unlike the federal reserve, wall street is what it -- they figure out a way to turn around. gross margins 36% from 42%. ultimately, this will determine how the stock begins. and the margins of around. >> asserting a bit of peer

apples like policies to like policies across the states? >> the nature of insurance and what it covers is changing fundamentally between 2013 and 2014, the way it's priced is also changing. there isn't an apples-to-apples comparison. the administration tries to do it but isn't able to. nobody is truly able to do it. but if you're interested in the fruit market, then apples-to- oranges is an important comparison. >> suarez: obama's assistant for health policy, the president's advisor in this regard, says that the exchanges have done a pretty good job of getting affordable options on the shelves. are we talking just about the states where the federal government will be managing the exchange rather than states that are doing their own programs? >> well, what the administration released today is data on the 36 states where it's running some or all of the marketplaces. there's some huge markets in there like texas and pennsylvania that we didn't have a glimpse into in the federal data came out. we've seen some data from other states before. we've seen information from states running their own exchanges, northeastern, states in california, new yor

apples and oranges. but there are similarities between the overtures. you can explain what happened and how it all went down? >> well, it was literally in the last 48 hours both before the 1991 invasion of the start of the gulf war or 2003 before the start of second gulf war, the russians came forward with very similar proposals that would avoid a conflict. it was clearer then, much clearer, i must say, essentially trying to put a stick in the spoke of a wheel. secretary baker had a very pithtpithy of 1991. and colin powell rejected 2003. they're not exactly at odds but it's not unexpected behavior. but it is a large number of u.s. policymakers initially reacted with real skepticism as to what the intention was. >> so, christiane, do you get a sense that the skepticism, that those overtures were met with back then is anything akin to what we're seeing now? nobody has said that we're going to be pollyanna about this? >> right. i'd like to get david kay's perspective on this, look, what's clearly happened, finally the world is on board with a plan. that i