. >>> and when a robbery at an apple store goes wrong, there is not an app for this one. >>> welcome back, everybody, on this friday morning. overseas markets are following wall street's move, sharply higher after fed chairman ben bernanke's announcement of the new stimulus plan to help the economy grow and get americans back to work. on wall street, the dow jumping 206 points yesterday, to its highest close in almost five years. and the nasdaq was up 41, as well. >>> with americans booking holiday travel, airfares are taking off. southwest, the country's largest domestic carrier, raising prices about 10 bucks on a round trip. other major airlines followed suit, making it likely these increases will stick. >>> and if you're an iphone 5 fan, you can stay in your pjs this morning to place your orders right now. apple made its new gadget available for online preorders for those who prefer avoiding the masses. people expected to line up later this morning. prices for the thinner, later model start at $199. you have to save some money for those adapters. >>> one day to go until a new cali

bizarre if there is an apple line -- chances are if there is an apple store where you are, there was a long line outside of it this morning. retail outlets opened their doors at 8:00 a.m. >> i tried to pre order at best buy, and there was a snafu with sprint. this is my best chance of being able to get it today, get everything squared away. >> there were 2 billion pre orders of the iphone 5 within 30 minutes last week. -- two million pre orders of the iphone 5 within 30 minutes last week. >> now your insta-weather plus forecast. >> the pollen count is low. weed, 13, grass, for. that is -- grass, four. that is a good thing. if you are a ragweed sufferer, that is good news for you heading into the weekend. for the most part, it is sunny out there. there are a couple high, thin cloud, but these are obviously not rain producers. the biggest cloud are out in with -- western pennsylvania. things will get moving over the next 24 hours. there has been kind of a logjam with stuff coming in from the west and falling apart. right now, there is some rain around chicago and milwaukee. that will s

apple. which manufacturer an adapter for european iphone. but not here in the u.s. >> it is an absolute jewel. >> reporter: as for the new lightning, apple has said the smaller connector was necessary for a thinner device. and judging from preorder projections, millions don't seem to mind playing the price. that. >> was kristen dahlgren reporting. another apple story. take a look. this is video from inside an apple store in southern california. it shows some would-be robbers crashing their suv into the front of the glass, several men jumping out of the vehicle. and they start taking everything in sight. they ran into some problems. the gate came down on the car, trapping that suv. they finally broke through, and then they got a flat tire on the way out. they then stole a fix a flat kit from a nearby 7-eleven. that's when they realized that their license plate was missing, so they went back to the apple store to look for it, and that's where police were there to greet them and properly arrest them. >> can't get away. can't get away. >> back t

you wouldn't happen to have an apple ?d characters, access wait times for the park you're in, and enjoy premium features when you download disney mobile magic, powered by verizon. >>> in "news 4 your health," most people don't associate skin cancer with kids. but now doctors are diagnosing more and more children with the condition. they're finding it in teens and children as young as 10-years-old. doreen gentzler has more in this alarming trend. >>> it's not something you can think that you're going to get told that your 11-year-old has beginning stage medical in a moment a. >> reporter: for melissa -- melanoma. >> reporter: for melissa cummins, the news that her son had skin cancer was a shock. >> i was sick. i actually dropped down and couldn't talk on the phone. >> reporter: while the centreville family often spent times outdoors hunting, fishing, and on the boat, she said she was vigilant about skin protection. >> they were not outside without hat, bonnets. as babies, sunscreen always gets put on. like to the point tha

that's raised organically and an apple that has pesticides sprayed on it is not surprising if you're again. isn't a lot more nutritious for you is still just an apple but you're avoiding all of these toxins that are probably giving us cancer and creating a whole raft of diseases so wouldn't you still to the organic apple even if you weren't convinced that it might have more vitamins and i mean pesticides and chemicals certainly don't seem to doesn't sound healthy rather keep those that out of my body of possible alexis very interesting thank you so much for coming on the show that was alexis baden mayor political director of the organic consumers association. well the biggest names in the internet are joining forces to form a lobby we're talking google facebook and amazon to name a few of the fourteen members the internet giants are banding together to form the internet association the lobby says it's focused on internet freedom so should americans have faith that they will do just that want to discuss i'm joined now by web producer andrew blake andrew nice to see you as always a ple

phone manufacturers all use microusb chargers even apple, with manufacturers of micro-usb adapters for european iphones, but not here in the u.s. >> it is an absolute jewel. >> reporter: as for the new lightning, apple said the smaller connector was necessary for a thinner device. and judging from pre-orders projections, millions don't seem to mind paying the price. >> now, the new phones will be shipped out a week from now. so i've got a bad case of cord clutter out there. but you've got to have it apparently. >> we all do. we've got a clutter at home. >>> and outside we've got a little sunshine. but we're worried about the weekend. should we be veronica? >> no no. absolutely not. there's nothing to worry about the weekend. it's monday during the midday period, and tuesday morning that we have to worry about. that tuesday morning rush. but for the weekend, not. there's a little bit of a breeze out here right now. with the weather front coming in we'll see the winds pick up a little bit more too. it's a dry weather front for us. we've got 79 degrees in germantown and sandy spring. fairfax county herndon and reston, indiana, you're at 80. r

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this is an apple computer. >> yes. >> why did you pick an apple computer?> i do not like to worry about my technology. i sound like an apple commercial. i can focus on my work instead of focusing on the technology itself. >> do you read it? >> with twitter, i follow 2000 people on twitter. i interact with these people. >> the old people, you can hear them saying, the world is coming to an end. we're losing everything we had. these young people are living in 140 characters on twitter. the silly stuff on these web sites. for those old people who are worried about the future, what do you say? >> it is no different than maybe 30 years ago, 40 years ago, when you had people who were getting their funny news from newspapers, they were reading the comics sections of newspapers. the interest in silly and fun things have not changed. >> there is a man who is 58 years older than you who was on this show a few weeks ago. i want to listen to a little bit of what he said. he is in love with the past. >> december of this year, you will be 80. why are you still writing a

for that moment, you want an apple. the next day, it might be, "i want a little bit of that pam," or a little bit of that beef steak or whatever, -- i want a little bit of that ham. this is what i try to do in my work and my life, and then you read the script, and you think, i am not really sure why. of course, who the director is makes a difference. how well it is written makes a difference. whether they are going to pay you are not makes a difference. tavis: a simple phrase, but a wonderful phrase. the phrase "listen to." you listen to yourself. your immense talent as an actor, one of the things i most enjoyed about you is your sound. that voice of yours. when i am not doing this, i have a publishing company, and we publish books, and oftentimes, these days, books on tape, and even though i do a radio show and a tv show, i can be in a restaurant, as happens all of the time, and somebody can be sitting two tables over, and they say, "that is tavis smiley." i do not know what it is that is distinctive about my voice, bu

a big market for apple tv. anside research company asked consumers if they were interested in an apple brand tv that connected to them. 88% said they are interested and 80% of people who don't have an apple guys are interested. >>> tiger woods finished third yesterday but still ended up the biggest winner. he is excited as well. his $540,000 share of the purse made him the first golfer to win more than 100 million dollars and that doesn't include his endorsements, his nearest rival is phil mickelson, he has made 100 million in golf, just for playing golf. >> okay. >>> the hard knuckle world of politics for place for kids or is it? the bay area city where a teenager is challenging the big boys for votes. >> plus how bay area police say teenagers are creating a new kind of problem at abandoned homes. every time someone chooses finish over cascade, it sparks a movement. look ! no ugly spots ! and see that shine ! you've got to try finish. because once they try finish, they can't keep it to themselves. i'm switching f

i think you can do this if you don't have an apple that's super hard.eally mushy and really ripe, i think it might be easier to pull this thing off. >> i feel like this guy's going to get his jaw stuck doing this one day, it will come out of jaw and he'll have a really wide, dangly mouth. >> definitely real. would have been easier with apple sauce. >> you can see this man's got a lot of practice shoving things in his mouth. >> oh, my god! [ laughter ] ♪ >> it's time to hit the slopes and have some fun in the snow. >> wow. that dude's got wings. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> see the cool stunts these pros can pull off. >> i'm a little jealous. mçó4+y?i >>> this is at the wildlife exotic rescue and education center. that would be a bengal tire, and he is getting up close and personal with a go pro camera. this is placed like in a stick that he picks up and takes in the pool. >> no way! >> yes way! director and editor barry stevenson put this together. >> this is incredible! >> that's so funny. what would make him just want to go swimming with his toy stick? >> i t

i think you can do this if you don't have an apple that's super hard.'s really mushy and really ripe, i think it might be easier to pull this thing off. >> i feel like this guy's going to get his jaw stuck doing this one day, it will come out of jaw and he'll have a really wide, dangly mouth. >> definitely real. would have been easier with apple sauce. >> you can see this man's got a lot of practice shoving things in his mouth. >> oh, my god! [ laughter ] ♪ >> it's time to hit the slopes and have some fun in the snow. >> wow. that dude's got wings. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> see the cool stunts these pros can pull off. >> i'm a little jealous. get a little refreshment. plus, you've got to keep your fur clean and pretty and shiny. >>> i want to take you guys fishing russian style. >> oh, brother. >> that's not going to be fishing at all, is it? >> this guy walking down a dirt road, he spots a hole in the road. so, he takes a line, puts a ball of bait on the end of the line. >> what kind of bait is that? >> he shows you the package, but since this is in russian

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when my brother announced he was going to give up his life as a trial lawyer to be an apple orchardist. my father said i have one thing to say, jews don't farm. but they did. his father clearly did. >> just to wind up, then, what are you working on next? >> i have become fascinated with the personal. this is the most excruciating difficult book. >> so you are going to turn around and do it again. >> i have been spending a great deal of time in india every year my next book is a memoir of going through india and what this has done to transform my own life. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. w3 >> i am very happy to be here. i feel very honored to have been asked to interpret this poem and make it a song. it's funny because something like two days before he asked me to do this, i was thinking to myself, i wonder what it would be like to write a song to the poetry. the reason i love the poem that we chose is because e

about these moves and you start to get anti-apple sentiment building up. >> the difference between an apple microsoft is apple and speaking to sort of the anti-trust and the big bully thing around microsoft for so long is apple selling its own devices, coming up, it has its own software, coming up with its own devices t can do whatever the heck it wants. >> apple is protected by the fact it's nowhere near a monopoly. samsung has a bigger global market share so they're protected by that. that said, they so tightly control that desktop, they take a huge piece of the profit, they have now effectively kicked google off, so again you can see some sentiment building. i don't think it's an anti-trust issue at all. >> do you think the sales will, in fact, live up to the hype or is the hype just gotten out of control? the fact there's lines all over the country for a phone, this is like crack for technophyles at this point. >> the effort people go to, to be the first to get it, it's extraordinary and a testament to the magic apple created around their devices. gene muenster's analysis is sound, the

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be as much interest in an apple itv. >> yeah. , when we're talking about features of the potential apple tv product most owners according to your numbers wanted to see wi-fi, cloud storage came in second, and syncing third. least interesting things like siri which i guess given sort of the checkered past she has already had in her brief history is not too surprising right? >> well, not too surprising but what was interesting is those are all typical features of apple products. there is a disconnect between what is currently a connected tv and what the mobile device users are using right now. and the people that want an i-tv and people that want a connected tv want what you just talked about, wireless connectivity, cloud storage, syncing with their devices. the other features while they may be nice our research showed were really not top features. that these consumers wanted for anyone. apple owners as well as nonapple owners. >> yeah. interestingly gesture control and 3d. i remember when people were talking about 3d as the future

. >> but up next an suv full of burglars has no problems smashing into an apple store. getting out, well, you're just going to have to watch this after the break. don't forget we're always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. mitt romney's position on women's health...it's dangerous. vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> caught on tape an apple store robbery the likes of which you have never seen. you probably never have seen an apple store robbery, but anyhow we've got surveillance video of this suv of the watch it burst into the apple store in california somewhere. the driver's buddies leap forth from their vehicle, start grabbing up every ipad

apple. the expected iphone 5, maybe an ipad mini. maybe maybe great e facebook integration, ios6, whatever. that will be fed from there to me from me to you. watch facebook, maybe greater integration, google. will youtube get the boot in the apple screen? lot of talk there. and the shares up .4%. this is going to be an exciting day. i love the open, love the music. i'm ready to go. are you guys ready to go? >> oh, yeah! you bet we are. >> let's bring in business insiders henry blodgett. it is going to be about the things brian mentioned but also about the earbuds. >> that's right. and this they have a new cord and people are either ecstatic about the new cord because it is going to be faster or they are incredibly annoyed because they spent the last five years building a household supply of the old cords and those are going to be obsolete. yes, there will definitely be a lot of surprises. but the key for the stock and for the company is the iphone. we seem to have pretty good expectations as to what it is, so be very interesting to se

he decides that hunting deer is not a night idea next time he will aim for an apple. thank you participating, you can sit down. give yourself a clap. those are very basic hand movements we use to tell a story. so, the next story we will show you is going to take place in this forest that we just created. i want you to imagine you are in the old forest and we will explain to you the story. >> that was namaste. the devine in me greets the devine in you. can you say that? very good. so, as joe anna was saying. this come from the word meaning to tell stores. this is a story teller. you guys i heard out there i was listening a birdie told me you thought you were going to see a movie; right ? >> you are. in the old days this comes from what country? india. thousands of years ago and hundreds of years ago in india there were no movie theatres, no television, no radio, no comic books or no books for people like you and me to read. was this the same here? >> yes. all offer the world it was like that. ask your parents. they can tell you what it was like before the internet. so,

apple shares closed at an all- time high yesterday.zon will collect sales tax from california customers starting tomorrow. a new state law requires online retailers to collect sales tax if they have a physical presence in california. amazon set up warehouse is in california for exchange of a one-year grace period to avoid the sales tax. sales tax from amazon alone is expected to generate $80 million per year for california. forget taxing and driving, the new danger behind the wheel is your voice >> apparently singing and driving, experts say it is not safe. we have all been there, a new study finds that singing while driving reduces your reaction time. it also makes it difficult to maintain your speech. psychologists say we do realize how distracting music will be for example when we automatically turn the radio down when driving in hard rain or snow. >> but i love singing in the car, that is what keeps me awake. we want to know what song use into while driving. >> a little jimmy buffett, maybe chicago. >> how old are you? you know i l

karin caifa takes a look. 3 that time between an apple iphone launch and the day the gadget hits storesdering whether the new device is worth the time spent braving the crowds, or the aaount of cash to jumpp from one carrier to another. such is the debate in the minds of many smartphoneeusers right now, one that could stretch until thh iphone 5 arrives in stores september 21st.why so much ado about apple? they really did invent thht entire experience that we take for granted today. just the fluidity of being able to touch your contacts and scroll through a list of music or have a full web browser on that no manufacturer in the - world was doing before apple. and those arr things apple has done on every version of the iphone so tech experts say some consumers may not miss too much by skipping thh iphone 5. if you have an iphone 4s, this may not be a necessary upgrade for you, because when the software comes out, you'll get a llt of the enhancements that the new phone will have in the software, which is free. but if you have anything older than an iphon

if their apple lovers, there is an index out there. 29 percent of the holdings of apple. don't have to adjust by apple. microsoft, google. gerri: no diversification. 25 percent. >> come on. if you are an apple lover that is a good y -- a good way to just get something else the. it's cheaper than a $700 a share. gerri: cold, hard cash. you buy a single share of stock. is it going up? >> if apple keeps doing what they have been doing which is nailing estimates, boiling away. i think it can be is that is what has done to this point. no, it is such missing those estimates we will be in trouble. possibly sold by the end of the year. that's nuts. gerri: bottom line, stop talking to me about how many telephones where selling. i cannot cover the fact that people are so excited. it's a phone, for goodness sakes gerri: part of people's everyday life. you don't just use it as a phone. facebook. it takes your you need to go. a lot of good applications that the bonn has the people rely on. and telling you. i myself am a new apple night. i used to be a blackberry fan. i love the thing.

do you want an apple? >> what will happen if it eat it? craig: why don't you eat it and find out. craig: rhona mitra. we'll be right back. >> how the hell did they get a track on you? >> i don't know. they could have got one of you, michael. >> we sweep this place every day. we are clean. michael, you need to rest. >> that's not true. we need to find his men and take them all auto. >> i will decide who the target is and when you are fit for duty. >> yes, ma'am. >> it come be to build a bomb. we need to find out exactly what he is planning and shove it down fast. [ dollar ] that's me -- l50858544p. but i'm not just a number. i have a purpose -- a higher purpose. [ muffled ] have some respect! not good. oh, man. hello? mm, no! finally -- the buck stops here. [ male announcer ] mcdonald's meaty, melty mcdouble with 100% beef and cheese. and the juicy mcchicken. just some of the irresistible choices on the dollar menu. only at mcdonald's. aflac... and major medical? major medical, boyyy, yeah! [ beatboxing ] berr, der berrp... ♪ i help pay the doctor ♪ ain't that enough for you? ♪ the

we've been watching them troubleshooting and you can see an apple iphone 5 as well. have video as well of the line here in los gatos. it goes about 80 people deep and a good honk from somebody. about 80 people deep all the way down past the movie theater as well. one of the fellas in line is mohammed and he is just as cold as the rest of us. how long have you been in line? >> more than 15 hours. >> reporter: and what place in line are you? >> about the tenth. >> reporter: why stand in line? i know everybody wants to know that. >> i don't want to wait for three to four weeks to get mine, so i thought i would just stand in line and get it today. >> reporter: i assume you have an iphone now? >> i have the 4s. >> reporter: have you done this before? >> yes, i did it last time with the 4s with steve wozniak. >> reporter: we got information steve was in brisbane and we thought we'd go see him. it's actually brisbane, australia. he actually got his already because as the sun moved around the globe, we started with iphones in asia and we're actually going to be one of the la

do you want an apple or i got some clementines here.but they are out of season. >> i can't spell them so i'll take an apple. craig: you have to answer a question. >> yes, sir. craig: iceland is in the north atlantic. its capital city is reykjavik. are you answering me in that clicky -- >> it is swahili. craig: maybe i should ask the question in the clicky language. what is it called? [clicking] do you speak any languages? >> i barely speak english. after you. craig: you want me to wash your apples? >> yes, please. craig: all right. go ahead and eat that. >> the whole thing? craig: john goodman, everybody! ♪ keys, keys, keys, keys, keys. ♪ well, he's not very handsome ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male announcer ] the volkswagen jetta. available with advanced keyless technology. control everything from your pocket, purse, or wherever. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ that dirty, old egg-suckin' dog ♪ hey, bro. or engaging. conversations help us learn and grow. at wells fargo, we believe you

when my brother announced he was going to give up his life as a trial lawyer to be an apple orchardist. my father said i have one thing to say, jews don't farm. but they did. his father clearly did. >> just to wind up, then, what are you working on next? >> i have become fascinated with the personal. this is the most excruciating difficult book. >> so you are going to turn around and do it again. >> i have been spending a great deal of time in india every year my next book is a memoir of going through india and what this has done to transform my own life. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> [applause]. >> [applause]. we have a very special guest. [inaudible] is here with us tonight. [inaudible] dancing. step dancing which we are familiar with. you may have seen this before. this will be a treat. [applause]. >> someone once told me this was from scandanavia. this is a different version. about 2 sisters that fall in love with the same guy. it didn't work out too well. one of the sisters throws another one into the raging water. he fashions her body into a fiddle, into a violin. this

>> simon, i know you're an apple guy. i'm a samsung guy. e back in the 200s and i was a genius. i got out at 250. it plays a good part of a balanced portfolio. commodity prices have not hit the super cycle. if we keep rates relatively low for a long time, inflation at some point will creep up. and, listen, this is a great way to balance many people. buy the dip, simon, take the trip. >> many people, richard, were very alert to the fact that the fed might have abandoned its mandate on inflation when it came through and said it would buy mortgage-backed securities indefinitely. that was a major, major change for the federal reserve and yet gold has not performed that well in the wake of that. given that huge watershed change. >> listen, i disagree with that a little bit. i think 11% is a heck of a gain. and, listen, another fundamental part is central bank buying gold to the tune of 400 metric tons per year and that's a gain of almost 100% according to the world gold council last year. i think these guys are buying gold and it's always going t

you go. >> beans and an apple. steve and sherry. look at remmy. now all of a sudden he's active. >> he's stretching. this is after workout stretch. >> thanks for everything. >> thank you so much. >> this was very, very fun. still ahead on news 4 midday, we look at a special exhibit that honors women who rock. plus, federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke holds a press conference. a look at what he's >>> the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped to the highest level in two months. let's check in with cnbcs julia. she joins us with the rest of the days headlines. hello. >> reporter: good morning to you. stocks are trading mixed out of the federal reserve statement. investors are waiting to see if ben bernanke will launch easing after weak economic data. the dow is trading a half percent higher. the nasdaq down by a half percent and s&p 500 is up by a half percent. the labor department says the number of americans filing claims for jobs rose to the highest level in two months. several states reportin

the phone's new operating system enables better voice recognition and an apple original mapping service. >> iphone 5 and ios 6, the biggest things to happen to iphone since iphone. >> apple will start selling the phone on friday next week in the u.s., japan and europe. the basic model in the u.s. will be priced at around $199. >>> here are some reactions to the iphone 5 in san francisco. >> i think it's wonderful. yeah, thinner would be cool. >> i don't know. i am an android user. i don't really mind. but it makes me want to get an iphone 5. >> i have been waiting for 5 for about two years now, really. so -- it's the best news i have heard in a while actually. >> the global market for smartphones has become increasingly competitive. shipments are expected to grow almost 40% this year, heading towards 700 million units. >>> samsung electronics dominates the market. the u.s. research firm says samsung's share in the last quarter was 32.6%, compares with 16.9% for apple. managers at apple hope to boost their share with this latest model. but the competition is getting tougher. nokia and u.

but un-characteristic for an apple product launch. there are growing complaints about one of the device's biggest changes. its maps. erika miller reports from new york. >> reporter: in a predictable ritual, apple fans camped out overnight to get their hands on the new iphone 5. many are loyal apple fans, eager to upgrade: what features are you most excited about? >> the screen-- the larger screen, the camera, i'm interested to see what that looks like once i start to take pictures and things like that. >> reporter: some came at the behest of their kids. >> i balked at first because their phones are perfectly good. and they work perfectly well. and it was only because my son is turning 12 that he gets a phone that year. so we decided to upgrade the whole family. >> reporter: unfortunately, she could only get two of the four phones she wanted. >> the 32 megabytes in black and white are sold out. they're gone! >> reporter: but for all the hype, apple was still advertising the older 4-s version its store today. the company is also facing b

this is video from inside an apple store in southern california.some would be robbers crashing an suv through the front plate glass. several men jump out and take everything in sight, but they ran into problems, the security gate came down, trapping the car. they broke through, but they got a flat tire on the way out. they then stole a fix a flat kit from a nearby 7-11. seriously. they probably realized their license plate was missing and they went back to the apple store to look for it and the police were there to arrest them. not smart people. >> for you have the acting bug and can sing, you can snag a major roll n production. they have beach blanket babylon. the auditions are opening for january in 2013. they will be at the club at noon today. no appointment necessary. folks should be prepared to sing one ballad and one upbeat tempo number. preferably rock or pop. you should ring a resume and a photo. much more ahead. coming up, we have sloan, an adorable terrier who needs a . >>> this morning our friends from pets in need are here. lisa simmons

the phone's new operating system enables better voice recognition and features an apple original mapping service. >> iphonef and ios6, the biggest things to happen to iphone since iphone. >> apple will start selling the phone on friday next week. the basic model in the u.s. will be priced around $199. >>> now checking in on the markets. u.s. stock prices inched higher while european markets extended mixed in overnight trading. and that's investors remaining a little wary ahead of the u.s. central bank meeting which ends on thursday. now for more details we go to ching lee tour at the new york stock exchange. germany approved the eurozone bailout fund but markets still looking a little cautious. >> that's right. markets jumped after germany's court approved the european stability mechanism but pulled back somewhat after the -- on some caution ahead of the u.s. central bank meeting that takes place later today. let's take a look at how tokyo markets are opening this thursday morning. as you can see, both the nikkei and topix slightly lower. nikkei 8940. the topix down 0 2% at 740. the nikk