says voice ordering will soon be available for its be available to read sci-fi map as well as amazon alexadigital assistant. it will fail to take all kinds of orders even really complicated ones. an extension which they admitted was where the lines of the ticket counters for so long. this order now available to small group of customers. a broader rollout expected this summer. wal-mart upping the ante on competition with amazon. now offering three today should you. this replaces its current $49 membership program meant to challenge amazon prime. wal-mart has been investing, but it still lags far behind amazon. lauren: wal-mart not giving up on this merger deal to looking for a big discount to keep it alive. the biggest drugstore chain expired last week because regulators were hesitated to approve it. to alleviate concerns, walgreens is agreeing to sell as many as 1000 writing stores. walgreen says that will force it to cut the purchase price from $9 a share when they first agreed in october 2015 to $7. shares of rite aid style by 17.5%. nicole: president donald trump fires the attorney gene

starbucks and amazon's alexa are teaming up to make it easy to get your coffee fix. anyone who has an amazon device like alexa can order by using their voice. they are testing voice ordering through the iphone app. starbucks plans to expand this feature a little later this year. get your coffee any time. just call for after the break, doug is coming right back. have a look at the mid-week forecast and a serious cooldown coming for the weekend. melanie: most students use their lockers to hold their books and school supplies. a high school student in kansas used his to turn a profit. he convert the his locker into a soda vending machine. drinks costs 75 cents and they were big press the button and down in the bottom, the can falls. i think most of it was a novelty that you're buying a pop from a vening machine inside of a locker. melanie: pretty cool, right? hawkings has had to shut down his machine, though, because it violates school rules. but he's working on reaching a deal to operate the machine with the proceeds going to a school program, a club, something like tha

. >>> from alexis to alexa, amazon's echo taking the consumer electronics show in las vegas by storm. >> we have a look at it in this morning's tech bytes. >> amazon's alexa steals the spotlight. >> the voice activated digital assistant is partnering with a wide range of smart appliances and devices and can even place food delivery orders. >> and serious gamers will be on the lookout for a new concept laptop from razr. >> you can see the laptop has three screens, all of them are 17 inches. the two on the side also slide out automatically from the central display. no word yet on the price. >> that's seriously for gamers. and ed sheeran fans were surprised overnight, he released two new singles on social media. >> castle on the hill and "shape of you" are his first studio recordings since 2014. he says he hopes fans are as excited about this new material as he is. >> new album soon. those are your tech bytes. . >>> on the north bay's version of b.a.r.t. is about to start rolling. next, a smart move officils are making to lure riders. >>> this is not how you want to ring in the new year.

. >>> ford is taking amazon's alexa for a ride. >> cnbc's landon dowdy. >> stocks rising yesterday from last month's fed meeting. interest rates may rise faster than expected. look for data on the job market later this morning. dow closing 60 points to 19,942. nasdaq adding 47 to 5477. macy's and kohl's tumbled after both chains slashed their forecast following weak holiday sales. macy's said customer traffic continued to te klein even though its online business is doing well. they are closing 68 stores. in the san francisco area, macy's is selling two stores is, will lease them back and continue to operate them as usual. >>> ford is taking alexa for a ride. they are announcing aed broader partnership at the consumer electronics show you can talk to your car or truck from your home to do things such as warm up the vehicle, unlock the doors. you'll be able to search for destinations, shop online. >> wow. that's kind of amazing. warm up the seats. >> that's what i was thinking. on a cold morning. you get in, everything is is just right. thank you very much, landon. >>> 4:50 right now. wha

it's amazon alexa. ask for a new flash. here's what you'll year, this is your flash from 6abc philadelphia. you need the app you need to set up 6abc as your new scours -- source in your skill list, after you do that, "action news" will be a voice command away. >>> sweeping changes will be made this week to the laws governing beer sales in pennsylvania. start tomorrow you'll be able to by 6 packs to more locations across the state. the new law allows bars to begin selling alcohol at 9:00 a.m. on sundays, even if they are not selling food at the same time. state residents can join beer of the month clubs that ship directly to their homes. >>> retailer american apparel is closing all retail stores by the end of april. the news means 3,000 employees will likely lose their job. once a popular brand they were forced to file for bankruptcy in 2015 and again in november. it was purchased last week by guilden active wear bassed in montreal -- based in montreal canada. >>> "healthcheck" this noon, spicy foods can be a fountain of you

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it could be linked to a recent upgrade. >>> amazon's popular digital assistant alexa can now order takeout. you must be an amazon prime member and alexa can order from places you have ordered before. delivery is free. >>> at 6:17 this morning, it was a record-breaking new year's day for apple's app store. apple says new year's day 2017 was the biggest day ever for app store. consumers made $240 million worth of purchases in the digital marketplace that day alone. >> anyone dough super mario run was the downloaded worldwide christmas and new year's day. gamers happy. >>> i tried it, by the way. >> on new year's? were you part of that number? >> i was part of the people trying to figure out why can't you get more control over this. more on that in a second. did you try it? >> i did. went my phone, came off my phone. but i'm a little old for super mario. let's talk about the jobs market. we just got the latest jobs number. the economy adding 156,000 jobs in the month of december. unemployment ticked up to 4.7%. that brings us 2.2 million jobs. in the year 2016, health care jobs grew the quick

take amazon's alexa personal assistant.al third-party manufacturers have made compatible devices, even this refrigerator from lg. it means a voice assistant can reach more people. cars are getting more voice controlled. autonomous vehicles have been in development for years now, but now more manufacturers are getting on board, connecting the vehicles and interacting with drivers, getting consumers excited. compared to the last few years, the 2017 ces is not posting a lot of nifty mobility gadgets. this skateboard is sometng of an exception. instead, the event is once again dominated like car giants, this time pushing their latest electric and network to vehicles. -- networked vehicles. >> automakers are using ces at the event where they launch technologies for the future, but product cars for the current year and future models. >> has is industrial giant bosch . the german auto parts supplier is turning the family car in kind of a living room on wheels. while this car steers itself, the driver can plan dinner. if necessary,

. >>> if you're a fellow trekky, you're going to like this next story, amazon's alexa will now answer to "computer." >> apparently amazon upgraded basically turn your living room into the star ship enterprise. you can say "alexa", "echo", "amazon" or "computer." she will turn on appliances or buy items online. we've told stories and we say alexa buy me a chocolate cake, all the sudden looking online for bakeries. >> and i think you can use alexa to order stuff. you have to save your credit card information in there. use a password so it doesn't just buy stuff randomly. >> i like this idea though. computer. you know the big mac song? pickles, onions, lettuce on a sesame seed bun. >> you guys have a few years on me. >> he just called you old. > but i didn't want you to feel singled out. >>> as we transition to weather gracefully now. if you've been thinking riltser been chilly for january but not cold. this january has been almost six degrees warmer than average and we'ver only dropped below freezing six times in the first 24 days of the month and so far not even a half an inch of snow

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unveiled at 9am but the company ub=tech gave me a sneak peak lynx is robot that gives a face to amazon's alexa voice assistant service it's the first robot to have alexa built in. >> gabe: you can ask questions and voice command music to be played. but insteand of a speaker it's a robot that walks around your house i know seems silly but i could see kids and extreme techies. wanting this thing. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >>steve: 1 storm down. >>steve:but another one is coming. >> pam:and it will be intense. >> pam:kron-4's brittney shipp is tracking the next round of rain. >> pam:brittney when can we expect it to roll in? return to >> brittney: unfortunately, over the weekend. we gear up for the weekend of 2 to 5 in. of rainfall is expected between saturday afternoon and monday afternoon. >> technical difficulties. >> brittney: our clouds will continue to clear out as we go into the rest of tonight. tomorrow, will be below average. as well as friday. that will be the last of it as we head into saturday arm around 3:00 p.m. the rainshowers will

in a world first, this chinese robot is controlled by amazon's alexa system.s. it will be able to detect that you are perhaps having a bad day, and it will try to cheer you up. and that's all about, that is al that is doing that? that's an interaction with software that is unscripted. out on the road, cars are getting smarter. this bmw prototype is the company's most radical step so far towards making the driver redundant. so i've been told that it's perfectly safe for me to do this, take my hands off the wheel and turn all the way around, look around me, not actually concentrate on the road. a safety adviser is ready to take the wheel and order me to brake, but how many years before the car can really be trusted to do everything? i think bmw believe that starting ‘21, roughly like that, we start with highly automated driving, not fully automated. fully automated driving will come up until, let's say 2030. bienvenue a las vegas out on the las vegas strip, a young entrepreneurfrom manchester thinks he has a very smart idea. welcome to las vegas. danny's instant

and five, amazon's alexa is already being used to lock your car, read a book, or make purchases.n 2017 expect to also see it shop at public places like your bank or local grocery store. >>> pleasure to meet you, chair onthomas. pleasure. so look. in the dining industry there's a gazillion choices where to eat. we've all been there before. where do you want go? i don't know, where do you want to go? no more arguing. instead of arguing you bust out spotluck, a free app. you get one spin per day, we pick a great local spot for you and give you the discount. it's a smart discount so we patented software that makes the discounts change based on day, time, weather, and other factors that affect restaurant occupancy. you'll get higher insensitives on a monday than a friday, higher if it's raining than if it's nice out. consumers love it because it's fun. like spinning a wheel. we've got great traction, over 100,000 people on the a pchpp e month, we're the number one dining app on itunes. a good foundation but a long way to go. we want to get the right people involved. we're raising $1.5

in a world first, this chinese robot is controlled by amazon's alexa system.e perhaps having a bad day, and it will try to cheer you up. and that's all about, that is a! that is doing that? that's an interaction with software that is unscripted. out on the road, cars are getting smarter. this bmw prototype is the company's most radical step so far towards making the driver redundant. so i've been told that it's perfectly safe for me to do this, take my hands off the wheel and turn all the way around, look around me, not actually concentrate on the road. a safety adviser is ready to take the wheel and order me to brake, but how many years before the car can really be trusted to do everything? i think bmw believe that starting ‘21, roughly like that, we start with highly automated driving, not fully automated. fully automated driving will come up until, let's say 2030. bienvenue a las vegas. out on the las vegas strip, a young entrepreneurfrom manchester thinks he has a very smart idea. welcome to las vegas. danny's instant translation headphones aren't quite re

more than $6,000. >>> my guess they are not friend any more. >>> this is new, the amazon order that has gone viral. alexato make life easier, you tell it to order stuff on amazon. for 6-year-old the gadget made dollhouse dreams a reality. just like that four pounds of sugar cookies and a 170-dollar dollhouse arrived on her mother's doorstep. >> can you get me a dollhouse, she said, alexa i love you. >> reporter: they see this as a teacherrable moment. they activated parental -- teachable moment, they activated parental controls. amazon said you can return accidental orders. >> that's like having a nosey neighbor in the house. >> a mother used the bathroom for what she thought was a pit stop, her baby decides it's all systems go. and i'm still not ready. the reason i'm telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that... you'll never be ready for. your little girl getting married being one of them. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's go time at dunkin' with two wake-up wraps for $3. enjoy two freshly made oven-toasted wraps with bacon, sausage, or ham and keep on all day. america runs on dunkin'. and keep on all da

brownies. >> alexa, bring us brownies. >> that is just a microphone, i'm sorry. >> amazon says shoppings can be managed through alexa including turn off voice purchasing and creating confirmation code before any order. >> company says any accidental physical orders can be returned for tree. >>> time is 6:51a lieutenant coming up on cbs this morning. >> charlie rose joins us live from new york with the preview , good morning, charlie >> good morning, rahel and jim ahead donald trump looks to limit the power of the intelligence community, john hyleman joins to us discuss the strategy. >>> you may have seen the infomercial for the company my pillow this morning the ceo is tiring back after the better business bureau dropped his rating there an a to an f. >>> we are in las vegas for this years consumer electronic show, a first look at new technology, including virtual reality, and robots for your home. all of that and more. see you at 7:00. >>> thanks, charlie. we will be watching. speaking of something new a new kind of apple being developed by scientists aims to combat diabetes. >> resear

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and five, amazon's alexa is already being used to lock your car, read a book, or make purchases, but in 2017, expect to also see it shopped at public places like your bank or local grocery store. >> nice to meet you. co-founder and ceo of spot luck. >> how are you? >> pleasure, pleasure. in the dining industry there's a gazillion choices where have to eat. we've all been there. where do you want to go? i don't know, i don't know, where do you want to go? instead of arguing, it's a totally free app. get one spin per day. we pick a great local spot for you and give you a discount. the key is it's a smart discount. we patented software that makes them change based on day, time, where, and other factors. you're going to get higher incentives than a monday or friday raining or if it's nice out. restaurants love it because it's smart. consumers love it because it's fun. who doesn't love spinning a wheel, right? we have great traction. around is 00,000 people on the app every month. we got around over 1,000 paying clients and we've got a good foundation, but a long way to go. and we to want

among them, the ceo of wing stop, partnering with amazon's alexa sounds very cool, sara iverson. >> that new alexa partnership. charlie morrison, ceo of wing stop. you were talking about chipotle. the executives are preannouncing another disappointing quarter. do you make market share when some of your fellow fast casual and fast food restaurants are declining, when your growth is coming in double digits? >> yeah, we're growing, obviously, faster than the market is growing in the restaurant sector. certainly it's not unusual for us to take some share from a lot of different concepts. i wouldn't say it's necessarily other chicken chains per se. it could be restaurants like chipotle or concepts within the space. >> how are you managing to do what nearly 20% revenue growth at a time when other chains are talking about a restaurant recession? >> we're a franchise primarily and have one of the best economic models, we believe, in the industry. allowing our franchisees to make great returns on their investments, which corresponds to fast growth for all of them. recently we're just about ready

all of these products have aen coming out since amazon's -- alexa.lligence home automation hubs. what is different about aristotle is it is the first one that differentiated in terms of going after a specific niche in the house which is specifically for parents with young children. it is for your nursery room. >> i don't know if you have had a baby monitor. we know how it works, it is useful. you hear the baby. this takes into another level. -- takes it to another level. changingten you are their diapers, it comes in with a couple of e-commerce partnerships from the get-go. one thing is that it is supposed to do is that if it sees you are changing diapers, you tell it that i need to order some new diapers. it also, in addition to that, it is supposed to learn from the data it is collecting. ideally, at some point, it will recognize before you run out of diapers that you are running low. at the same time, in terms of sleep patterns, one of the things they are talking about is that your child is sleeping and the baby starts getting restless and crying

it's amazon's alexa.ust ask her for your news flash and this is what she'll say. >> here's your flash briefing from 6abc "action news" philadelphia. >> how cool is that? now obviously you need alexa by getting amazon's echo tap or dot and when you download the alexa app you'll need to set up 6abc as you news source flurry skill list. once you do that "action news" will be just a voice command away. cool stuff. >> yeah, i have a have alexa and i will be trying this out. >> i can't wait to hear it. >> okay, we'll see how it goes. >> i hard you alicia. she said use our voice. we'll see. >>> see how local students pitched in that to help out. >> vandals strike again at a jewish religious building in philadelphia. "action news" is live as leaders search for those responsible. >> and later in what's the deal, easy ways to make money from home. we'll tell you about it. >> ♪ >> today is all about people helping people. in the spirit of dr. martin luther king jr. this is a day of action and students all across our

. >> we have a new way to get the headlines from "action news," 24 hours a day, it is amazon alexa, asked for a new flash and this is what cruel here. >> you'll larry. >>> here's the flash from 6abc philadelphia. when you download the app, you have to set up 6abc as the news source and skill list, after you do that, "action news" will be a voice command away, i love that. >> time for the social corner, we'll begin with a dad in canada who leads by example. he takes his 3-year-old daughter on a date to teach her an important lesson. he gets a little purse for her and makes her feel like a princess. dad wants her to know she detective's to be treated with respect. he loves the opportunity to talk to her. >> a good dad there. >>> imagine waking up to this right here. greeted by this robot there. that's what pan sonic is calling hospitality robot. it's being tested out in japan. it moves around the lobby informing guests about bus schedules and handing out bottles of water. it is used to remove dirt dishes at tokyo airport and delivers medicine and supplies in hospitals. >> you'll never belie

. >>> ford is taking amazon's alexa for a ride. the echo, echo dot can-can talk to their ford car or truck from their home. they can warm up the car and unlock the doors. this summer you'll be able to ask questions, search for destinations, shopping online and turning on your lights. >>> the election hacking scandal will be front and center in washington. >> the sides are very clear. >> one side says the russians did it. the other said they didn't. they are not separated by party. war hero john mccain wants an investigation into the commission. he is chair of the senate armed services committee. he will question u.s. intelligence community members in hearing today. among the experts testifying, these three men. james clapper, admiral mike rogers, marcel letra, all testifying. each said the russians are responsible for the hack. on the other side, not testifying but definitely taking the other side, donald trump and wikileaks julian assange is. mr. trump says he has secret information about that that the intelligence community does

>> alexa, play classical music. >> to playing music on cue, digital personal assistants like amazon's alexa and apple's siri can perform a growing number of tasks for you by just saying the command. >> it's good at isolating the person who is speaking. >> what's more, your voice prompts are often recorded, stored, and analyzed so help the gaj -- to help the gadget adapt to you. but the tech experts warn the convenience can come with a trade off. >> for an average user such as you or your friends, you would never know that it's recording. >> the small wifi enabled device may know so much about you it could even hold clues to an unsolved murder. authorities in arkansas have asked amazon for help after they recovered an echo inside a crime scene. >> they believe that it's possible that some of the events that took place in the night and the early morning hours of this murder could be -- could have been recorded. >> amazon says it will not release customer information from its servers unless the company is legally required to do so. it's a bit reminiscent of the fight over law enforcement and a

your own personalized weather forecast to playing music on cue digital personal assistance like amazon's alexaes theory can perform a growing number of tasks for you by just saying the command. >> it's good at isolating the person is speaking. >> what's more your voice prompts are often recorded stored and analyzed to help the gadgets adapt to you but most tech experts warn the convenience of never having to lift a finger can come with a trade-off. >> for an average user such as you or your friends you will never know that it's reporting. >> the wi-fi enabled device may know so much about you it could even hold clues to an unsolved murder. authorities in bentonville arkansas have asked amazon for help after they recovered an echo inside the crime scene. they believe it's possible that some of the events that took place into the early morning hours of this murder could have been recorded. >> amazon said it will not release customer information from its servers unless the company is legally required to do so. a bit merriment is that of the fight between law enforcement and apple over unlocking t

wing stop here today announcing the first ever partnership ordering takeout through amazon's alexa. for cnbc business news, i'm sara eisen in orlando. >>> those wings did look good, didn't they? shares in valeant pharmaceutical closed 7% higher after the drugmaker agreed to sell its cancer business and three skin care brands for $2.12 billion. this as it aims to trend its $30 billion debt pile. the company is trying to regain investor confidence after revelations that it worked with a pharmacy to boost sales of medicines. >>> 2017 is set to be another strong year for deal making according to a report by my. steve cruscos from eu joins us around the desk again. we last talked in december. you said then that 2016 was shaping up to be a pretty good year. it is -- or it was the best year since the financial crisis. what makes you think that 2017 will be better? >> if you remember back in early december, i said 2017 could be a record year in terms of deal volume. not value, but volume. that was a bold statement given that we were coming off a soft november. if you look at what's actually

you probably already know about the amazon alexa. we've talked about that. how about this, a ring you wear on your finger, it will track your fitness, every step, your heartbeat et cetera. and this one, it's call the hair mack. it promises if you put it on your head for every other day or so you'll actually you hair. raj and janelle, i'm not sure about this one but it is apparently a pretty big seller. >> that's nif you wear that in everybody knows what's happening. >> we kid because we care, scott. >>> next up, newark as in new jersey beginning in june, southwest airlines will launch a daily nonstop flight from oakland to liberty international. this is the first nonstop flight there from the bay area. >>> america's top intelligence official says russia interfered with the election. but does he think they wanted donald trump to win? >>> san francisco's public defender joins though saying the district attorney's office needs to expedite decisions on whether or not to charge some officers in fatal police shootings. the changes the d.a.'s office says is coming.

alexa i love you. >> of course you do. >> yeah. i bet she does. after that mom and dad activated parental controls which requires a four digit code for purchases amazons voice purchasing can be turned off through alexa app and the company also says any accidental orders can be returned for free. >> i tried order something brownies through my microphone and they still haven't arrived. >> this is not hooked up properly. >> alexa, might we see some sn snow? >> she's going to say the future is bright. i don't know. what would she say? >> yes. >> i believe so. >> the forecast is -- >> katie fehlinger says the forecast is. >> exactly. yes, because we do have this disturbance headed our way right now. it's not like we need snow. but we're due for it for sure. we've only had .30 of an inch of snow so far here in philadelphia for the season as whole. so little hint of a deficit by this point in the year as we take to our our statistical information to start things off. yeah, you know we should actually have by this date at least 4-inches of snowfall for the season. so we're talking averages not like it's typical i was -- atypical we haven't seen much. palmyra

digital personally assistants like amazon's alexa and apple's seri can perform tasks by saying the command. >> it isolated the person that is speaking. >> the voice prompts are stored and analyzed. but the convenience of not lifting a finger is a tradeoff. >> the average user you and your friend you would never know it is recording. >> the small wi-fi enabled device may know so much it could hold clues to an unsolved murder. authorities in bentonville arkansas have asked amazon for help after they recovered an echo inside a crime scene. >> they believe it is possible that some of the events that took place in the night and early morning hours of this murder could be recorded. >> amazon says it will not release customer information from its servers unless the company is legally required to do so. it is a bit reminisce send of the fight between law enforcement and apple over unlocking the iphone be longing to the san bernardino gunman. >> it doesn't matter who it is. the list goes on and on. anything with voice recognition software opens you up to privacy concerns. you can disable the featur

>> and a mom learns about the features of amazon's alexa the hard way watch her daughter did that taught her a valuable lesson about the control features on the device. better be careful with that thing, mike. >> i'm still learning about my al axe here on the anchor desk s al election a working this morning? alexa, what's the temperature? >> get this, man and woman team up forearmed robbery, at a wawa, this was over in somerton. >> monday the pair walked into the convenience store in the 14,000 block of bustleton avenue. and they told a clerk to get out of the way. >> get out of the way. >> the robbers then began hitting cash registers with a hammer to try to pry them open. they got away with trash bags loaded when cartons every cigarettes. >> it is so scary. no matter what. you are still putting people in danger. >> a lot of money. dollar cigarette on the street, they'll eventually get caught. they'll screw up somewhere. >> selling cigarettes on the street watch do they call those things, bob? single sick rest? when you sell them one by one cigarettes? >> 1sis? >> that's what a child we

today the coffee giant rolled a new app it uses the same technology has amazon alexa.rs can order and pay with their voice. new app is called my starbucks barrista and you can actually pay for and customize your order with just your voice saying things like make it with skim milk or get me a double mocha latte. >> automaker volkswagen has got bragging rights for the first time in five years it passed toyota to become the world's biggest automaker. do you remember the days when the big three were based in the motor city? >> detroit. >> long past. toyota told 10.000000 vehicles globally despite emissions cheating scandal. volkswagen told 10.3 million the only contender left general motors which released its results next week and gm says it doesn't think it hit 10-point thee million. we shall see. philadelphia auto show celebra celebrating record officials tell us yesterday mark the largest opening sunday in the show's 116 year history. iain page did you take your boys? >> we're going saturday. >> more than 77,000 people visited the show throughout the weekend. maybe you'

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great thing about ford is they are integrating the amazon alexa pieces into their cars as well whicheally helps you do things like audio shopping while you're driving. i want to talk a little bit about nissan and nissan have a concept car that will be here at the show. the great thing about this vehicle it was developed -- the technology was developed along with nasa, a seamless integration of technologies to help you do things like drive faster and think faster. it's going to be appearing on some nissan leafs in the future. it's called sam, and it looks like they are getting ready to do the autonomous vehicles, zero emissions an zero accidents is their goal in 2017. one of the problems, christi, is getting millenials into cars. we've had an issue with that. chrysler have decided to move and put a car on the road which was designed for millenials by millenials. the cool thing about this, christi, it really integrates the hole thing with your family. you can buy it with one seat and buy it with six seats but as your family grows you can add seats into the vehicle and has cool technolo

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digital perm assistants like amazon's alexa and apple's siri can perform a growing number of tasks forand. >> it's good at isolating the person who is speaking report roar what's more, your voice prompts are often recorded. stored and analyzed. to help the gadget adapt to you. but most tech experts warn the convenience of never having to lift a finger can come with a trade off. >> average user such as you or your friend you would never know that it's recording. >> reporter: the small wi-fi epp able device may know so much about you, it could even hold clues to an unsolved murder. authorities in arkansas have asked amazon for help after they recovered app echo inside a crime scene. >> they believe that it's possible that some of the events that took place in the night into the early morning hours of this murder could be -- could have been recorded. >> reporter: amazon says it will not release customer information from its servers unless the company is legally required to do so. it's a bit reminiscent of the fight between law enforcement and apple over unlocking the iphone belonging to t

amazon is doing one-hour shipping. they get a good app, now they have got something like alexa to compete with. ey are ting,bviously, but -- and they are making some progress, but i don't know if there are any signs of slowing amazon down. cory: it's also interesting if you went to the press release, amazon released, again without any numbers, they went through category by category of their top-selling products, and they were wonderfully random and weird. i went through probably 30 of those items. what i noticed these are cheap items. it was a power cord for $7.99. a bathtub baby toy f $6.45. the ices were so low that the expectation might be that amazon has virtually no margin on those things, but by driving so much volume and having tiny bits of margin they are taking money away from other retailers as shannon is pointing out, and that changes the nature of retail to push it more towards amazon. caroline: that's fascinating, the way in which -- -- who has won out, particularly today, shannon, consumer confidence, best in 15 years . i was really intrigued by not only the breakdown from a genera