suzanne pratt looks at whether apple will remain delicious for investors. >> reporter: apple users are pretty passionate about their gadgets. stop an iphone, ipad or mac owner on the street and you get this: >> the diverse range of things that you can do on it is fanstastic. i mean, it's everything i ever needed it for. >> i love my laptop. i can't live without it! >> reporter: that enthusiasm, however, is less evident lately in the performance of apple stock. sure the shares are up a respectable 16% this year to an all-time high, but in the previous two years, when the stock was the apple of wall street's eye, the shares more than tripled. experts say investors today are concerned about leadership at apple, with company founder steve jobs still on medical leave. analyst colin gillis also points to the lack of new gadgets. >> there's a little bit of concern about no new hardware. right? outside of the ipad 2, we did not get a new iphone in june and historically we've gotten one every year in the june timeframe. >> reporter: apple is expected to release a new iphone this fall, and exper

and apple itself.payment structures or risk their products disappearing from the app universe in the future. >> reporter: back in february, apple said they were going to try and route all purchases and apps through apple's purchasing snm which apple would take 30% off the top. >> everything has to happen inside the apple store. you can't -- if we pull up kindle, what are we talking about? these are the book you would see, this is the issue that apple has? shop at the kindle store. >> that's right. when you press this button on your ipad it boots you to the web app, and you can buy a book through amazon.com, that would cut apple out of the revenue stream which they don't want. >> apple is saying get out or you'll be out of the app world. so far no change on the kindle site if you're on, but it may not be the case. we haven't heard anything, right? >> that's right. experts are saying maybe this wasn't a hard and fast deadline, but it's something we'll be looking at in the next weeks. >> some sites have c

apple store? apples suck. if you disagree with me you are a homophobe. >> paul? >> yeah. >> if that's your real name. should mcdonalds be serving apples or is that communism? >> have you lost your mind? >> don't change the subject to my mind, sir. >> who goes against apples? it is like being against kitties and sunshine. >> but apples with frys? this is weird. >> it is parents overcome pen say thing for letting their kids eat that crap in the first place. it is fatty food and we have an obese society jie. we have a rich society -- >> am i allowed to say anything negative? >> you can't. i am bias toward mcdonalds. i will silence you if you speak out against mcdonalds. >> clearly your favorite character is ronald mcdeath because you lost your mind. >> unnecessary and hurtful making fun of them. brooke shouldn't they stand up to the foodies? >> i disagree with you. there is absolutely nothing wrong with the world's largest fast today chain trying to up its image, trying to get healthy. >> out of fear. >> for once you can walk out of a mcdonalds and not feel entirely

right now it appears that flaw only applies to apple devices. >> is kind of scary. it is invading our privacy and everything else of that nature. >> reporter: apple is not the only company. >> they are not alone. this happens to every platform. a lot of people do not use antivirus software on mobile's yet. things are happening. >> reporter: we spoke with apple that says they are developing a fix that will be available in an upcoming software update p jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> allegations of hacking are calling for calls of a boycott. >> actor hugh grant is among those supporting a boycott of news of the world. they are accused of hacking into the voicemail of a teenage murder victim. grant says he is one of many celebrities that has had their phones hacked. the scandal is expected to go to news core. >>> facebook is launching a video chat feature. mark zuckerberg announced the new feature powered by skype. >> i can go and click 'call him' and in real time you can go and click. it takes 10-20 seconds. >>> president obama use twitter today. in 11 minute

a shiny apple. we learned today that apple is on the verge of becoming the many most valuable company in the world. breathtaking new profits, billions of dollars pouring in. and, so, we ask here tonight, what's the secret? can other companies follow apple's lead? abc's neal karlinsky has been to apple so many times before. >> reporter: there's the economy that we all live and breathe, stagnant growth and lingering unemployment. and then -- there's apple. >> apple, and the earnings solidly beat expectations. >> apple came out with a gangbuster number late yesterday. >> they have done it again. >> reporter: the tech giant's success this week defies normal economics. consider this. the ipad, a form of device that never existed, has been adopted by consumers faster than any other new technology. already in 16% of households in just over a year. by comparison, it took the cell phone nine years to reach that point. the color tv also took nine years. >> apple has caught a wave for the past decade of invent

chinese authorities said all of the shops were selling genuine apple products. even so, experts fear the apple brand could be damaged. >> it can hurt, especially if people cannot tell the difference between the real thing and the copy. when people have a bad experience, they might blame the brand. >> apple has just four official stores across all of china, and none in this city. china is the fastest-growing market for the iphone. one analyst expects sales in china could triple in 2012. >> the trial of the last major war crimes suspect in the balkan conflict has opened in the hague. goran hadzic let serbian forces during the war in croatia in the 1990's. he has been charged with 14 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. the european union has insisted that serbia and arrest all wanted war crimes suspects before the country is granted candidate status for membership. >> goran hadzic's appearance is the end of the 18 year hunt for those involved in war crimes in the balkan conflict. he is the last of 161 suspect to go on trial. >> it sends a strong signa

apple will likely help stocks tomorrow morning. back to you. >> are you an apple stockholder? can you reveal that on air here? >> i'm happy to reveal that i'm not -- i guess i'm unhappy to reveal that i'm not. no, no stock. >> very good. scott budman reporting. >> you bet. >>> it was a wild scene. a british comedian armed with a plate of shaving cream is in custody tonight in london an interrupting rupert murdoch's testimony in britain's phone hacking scandal. take a look. >> whoa! >> you saw the woman in the pink suit, she was seen knocking the plate away from murdoch. that's his wife. the protester identified as british comedian johnny marbles was whisked away by police. he was trying to to the pie in the face prank. as for the testimony before parliament which is gripping the united kingdom, murdoch and his son james apologized for the hacking. rupert murdoch explained the paper at the center of the scandal, "news of the world," constitutes less than 1% of his global empire news corp. >> to say we are hands off is wrong. i work a ten or 12-hour day, and i cannot tell you th

apple, run our government.ernment we shall're getting record right now of a meeting between the democratic leaders of the white house 30 minutes from now. because things are fast changing and so fast moving and indeed, our triple-a credit rating on the brink, this weekend. we decide we have to get off of here and be on this. the two-hour cost of freedom on the fast moving debt deals in and out of we're going to cover this every step of the way. 10:00 a.m. to noon eastern time. it add to that, an hour on fox business network we have the freshman congresswoman bringing in the s&p rating agency to talk to colleagues about whata

to apples. the health department and sheriff's department have expressed concern regarding that operational model. supervisor chu: from my understanding, the ip only model, you're estimating a four- year savings as opposed to $600,000 to $900,000. >> as opposed to the proposal you have in front of the which saves $3.2 million. >> the half year model was $300,000 savings compared to the $3.7 million in savings? >> $3.2 million. supervisor chu: operationally, does the ip only model work? >> its not an option we would like to see. we have no requisitions in this area, so we don't believe there will be a large amount of savings. it will take almost a year to get this operational from our opinion. supervisor chiu: i have had four or five meetings in the last week with the department and with our controller to understand us. i feel the different sides have not been able to explain to me how apple's compared to apples. one issue that continues to be raised is around actual safety and security. the sugg

when apple is meanwhile making the next thing. >> the sad thing with hp is they used to be in apple'sition and they switched roles. you said every prediction for the past 25 years. so what will happen to facebook? are they going to continue to grow and be this be me moth for years on end or will they suffer the same fate of a myspace? >> excellent question.me moth f years on end or will they suffer the same fate of a myspace? >> excellent question. first of all, the secret ingredient is to leave out the parts you can be wrong about. so the key -- so now what am i right about? there are categories in social media. facebook is the current leader of that category of social search, all right? are they going to stay the leader? no. but the category will remain. just like who is the leader in -- >> until a new category emerges. >> yes. >> and they may be the leads e f that. >> exactly. so the prediction is i can't tell you facebook will, but i know the cat better will continue to grow exponentially. who was the leader in search in the year 1999? yahoo!. but someone else came along. >> but s

i have no vested interest in apple, by the way. i don't own any apple stock. things and clever things. >> hey, listen, can we talk about these debates a little bit more. the debt talks? twitter's role, because it seems that tweets don't like getting spammed, even by the president, do they? what's going on here? >> exactly. this is a lesson for, you know, a president who has embraced social media over the years. in this case we're talking about the barack obama, the official barack obama twitter feed. it was putting out a lot of tweets and basically asking the followers to go to their local congressmen or their local politicians and ask them to use the hash tag compromise as part of the debt ceiling debate. but the fweets were coming in so quickly you can see the list of them there that people really felt like, hey, this is too much for me. so he lost about 40,000 followers. keep in mind that he has about 9 million followers. he's one of the biggest twitter users out there. we have to keep this in context. it is a lesson that you just can't spew this stuff out

apple is sitting on $76 billion in cash and investments. >>> apple had a problem for a long time of counterfeiters selling knockoffs of iphones and ipads. but there's a new one now. an american visitor stumbled on to this apple store in china. just one problem -- the entire store is a fake selling knockoff apple products. some of the employees reportedly believe they work for apple. randall, have you seen any documentation that this is cbs because i'm starting to think maybe -- i don't know. >> yesterday was thursday and it was payday and it's solid. >> that's what we need. >> no worries. >> ashley morrison in new york. thank you very much. >>> straight ahead on your friday morning, the weather. >>> and in sports, firing back -- tiger's terminated caddie lashes out at his former boss. terminated caddie lashes out at his former boss. [ dramatic soundtrack plays ] whoa! man: what is that? i don't know, but it burns! it's like fire. woman: ow, ow! i can't see. man: it's singeing me! it's the sun. get out of the office more often with chili's $6 lunch break combos. pair a texas toast half sandwich wit

the how she knows is that apple stores have an apple outside.d you're seeing the inside. but it's apple store spells s v t-o-e-r. it is so perfect, they have a genius location, the staff dr s dresses like they would in an apple store. the staff thinks they're working at a legitimate many apple store but they are not. >> so are these apple products? >> this is where the catch comes in. the products are or appear to be authentic. it's just that the store is not listed as a real apple store. and some of the commercials inside of the store are very dated. so it is, as you said, the ultimate knockoff. we know about louis vuitton and rolex watches. >> i've never seen a fake louis vuitton store, though. >> it's a new level. >> how soon before they get sued? >> it's interesting. maybe they won't be. in china, you can get fake box ipuds, highphones and i don't think that's what they're selling in the store itself. but you can get anything in china. but we love that it's an ipud. >> an ipud. >> works as well as an ipod. >> same thing, but it goes by a dif

apple was among the strongest tech names today-- up 2.4%. bit of technology burst ourselves here on screen. volume was stronger than usual as today's action puts apple at a new high. apple reportedly is close to a new to selling its iphone in china deal. we'll have more on apple and its growth prospects tomorrow. while apple jumped to a new high, bank of america stock continues sinking to two-year lows. b. of a. dropped another 2.8% today. this was the biggest loser among the dow industrials, and the financial sector weighed on the market today. not just big banks, it was insurance stocks that were the worst in the finance sector. worst selling in broad market. late friday, s&p warned the credit ratings of insurers holding u.s. government debt would be in jeopardy if there is no debt deal in washington. genworth fell more than 7.5% to a new 52-week low. allstate shed 5% to its lowest price since august, and hartford fell almost 4% to its lowest price of the year. between the potential push higher on mortgage rates if there is no deal on debt

a lot of that tech move was really driven by apple, continuing to shine. not only beating wall street's forecast in the latest quarter. i don't know why they issue them. they blow them outfit of the quarter every time. they obliterate them. apple recorded sales of nearly $28.6 billion, $3 million more than expected, sold 20 million iphones, 9 million ipads, the company struggling to keep up with the demand for ipad. apple hinting at a new product launch in september which a lot of people think will be the new version of the iphone. >>> hearing when students and professors go back to campus this fall they may notice a few things missing. schools across the country are trying to find creative ways to cut budgets. montgomery college in maryland has dropped free precipitating for students, texas tech cut office phone lines, university of colorado boulder dumped trash pick up. this is fascinating. faculty have to take the trash out with them at the end of the day. eastern oregon university has everybody out of the pool, drained the indoor pool saying it was too

and the certain clue, apple never puts the words "apple store" on the front of any of its buildings. ever. >>> well, we know what's not fake is this gorgeous weather! roberta is here to tell us more about it. >> a jump up in temperatures today, a good 10 degrees in many of our locations. good evening, everybody. let me just get out of the way so you can take a beautiful view from dublin inspiration circle looking towards mount diablo standing 3,849 feet tall and you can see it because the air quality is good and the visibility is unlimited. compare that with telegraph hill, where today so far in san francisco, the high has been near 70 degrees. and again, unlimited visibility. looking at our latest satellite we don't have any stratus off the coast at all. it's backed up way out over the outer waters. but we will see a return of the marine layer later overnight. if you are out and about within the next hour, 60s at the beaches, 70s bayside and 80s and even low 90s well inland. very mild conditions. winds are breezy out of the west at 15. here are the headlines for your weekend ahead.

>>> apple has a new counterfeiting headache. american living in china found what she thought was an apple store. after looking around for a bit and then doing research, red flags began to go up. apple doesn't have a store in china. e the store is a knockoff. they even wear blue t-shirts and they think they work for apple. as for if the store sells actual apple products it is unknown. >>> and san franciscans are honest, but not as honest as others. now this comes after the makers of honest tea conducted an honesty test. they left their drinks on the honor system at unstaffed booths in 12 cities for $1 per bottle. 93% of people in san francisco paid for their tea. it was 29%. i want a recount. >> i gave $2. >> thanks for covering. >> it doesn't get much better better than the pitcher's dual. could tim lincecum beat the [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, we're giving you a big thank you this friday ansaturday! just use your jcpenney rewards credit card to save an extra 20% on all your favorite brands, including home! no exclusions!

taking a bigger chunk out of apple's market share each year. brands that run the android operating system, the think pad. as well as motorola's zoom. if you're more of a blackberry fan, gartner says the operating system in blackberries may have 10% of the global market by 2015. as of last year, it was next to nothing. >> okay, thank you for that. i guess the key will be, can all of your devices speak to one another? we're going to speak later about that in the show. we look at cloud computing. >>> we're also going to look at how cloud computing could save companies on their bottom line. >> it was interesting, wasn't it? to hear christian morales from intel saying that the p.c. would live on. and come 20 years from now, it would all be about tablets. >>> up next, storms in europe continue to affect travel plans. we'll have the forecast. >>> and also, a shuttle swan song as "atlantis" heads home, finally. that's ahead on the show. stay with us. >>> hello again. this is "world business today." we're live on cnn. >> to the weather now. and thursday

of an apple store.pizza for delivery in the store, had a romantic dinner with his wife, with musicians. that didn't get him kicked out. i don't think that's his wife. they ignored the request to lower lights. he went in as darth vader for tech support. that didn't work. then he tried bringing in a goat. >> any grass for my goat? no grass. okay. just wondering. do you think the goat is a mac or pc. >> the goat didn't seem happy about going into the apple store. carried him out. there gow. the fellow is a comedian in new york city. he's tried other stunts, one of them a crosstown bus. he got a big wheel and tried to beat the crosstown bus across manhattan. that actually worked. he won on the big wheel, which says something about the crosstown bus in manhattan. can you see it on facebook. i posted it to our facebook page as well. very funny stuff. >> great. a lot of fun. hey, thanks so much for joining us this morning. the "today" show is coming up next. we'll have a local news update for you in half an ho

are not authorized apple store but all the things in the store are genuine apple products. >> still ahead6:30, is it a change of heart? ed lee may be changing his mind about running for mayor. >> and obstacle that mate i had tough for firefighters to put out a blaze. >> nose gear, touchdown. >> a perfect ending a look at this morning's historic final landing for the space shuttle and what comes next for nasa. >> san francisco police chief promises he is not giving up after being shouted out of a townhall meeting last night. i'm amy hollyfield and i'll show you all the chaos after the break. >> weather wise we have airport delays but they are not caused by weather. philadelphia flight arrival delays. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating wle grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lowe our cholesterol, but finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. [ male announc ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. you ca

the sign up front that said apple store. see apple puts only the logo not those words.le has confirmed it has no stores in china. >>> many people are forced to hold their phones very close to their eyes which causes the eyes to work harder to focus on the small imagine. that in turn causes eyestrain even dry eyes. the problem is especially tough on folks who use smart phones to surf the internet. >> 3d movies may also be hard on our eyes. people watching 3d movies reported eyestrain and headaches as well. the discomfort is made worse by 3d images produced for films initially made in 2d which are then manipulated by a computer to give the illusion of depth. researchers say larger studies are needed to determine exactly how 3d affects viewers. >>> having an optimistic outlook on life may reduce your risk of stroke. researchers looked at optimism. they found the risk of stroke was reduced by 5%. optimistic people are more likely to exercise, eat healthy food and monitor their health there for reducing their chance of stroke. >>> there is a boom in backyard farming. how the

. >>> apple going big in the big apple. we will tell you about an ambitious plan that could put the cupertino company right in the heart of new york city. >>> tonight's special report, tracking the demise of the great white shark. we talk with a man who has plans but it is not without controversy. >> reporter: they are coming back to our coast right around now. great white sharks, feared, awe inspiring predators, they are also endangered. perhaps more than tigers. in the last decade something has killed off 90% of great while shark. so should experts allow this man to catch sharks, drag them for an hour and a half and tagging them? >> people are concerned about removing the shark out of the water to conduct the research. >> it's stressful on the shark, in some ways it needs to be. the shark needs to get tired so that it can't hurt us or itself when it comes out of the water. >> reporter: he says to protect the species researchers must pin down and let great sharks go. >> when they're not in the area where they're protected,

so, what should apple do?analysts say they should add wireless connectivity other say lowering the price of the ipod touch and phasing out older models might help. what ever apple decides to do, we should find out soon, the company traditionally refreshes the ipod line up in the fall, right before the holiday shopping season begins. >> here is a shot from the twin peaks just a few hours ago and the fog already is pushing into the bay. it actually has been here all day. slowed to clear, a few breaks of sunshine and now a live view from twin peaks looking out over the beautiful city of san francisco and the bay bridge. temperatures at 8:48 p.m. in the '60s and '70s. twin peaks of the top of the hill in the '50s at the beaches for tomorrow look for a nother cloudy day a lot of fog through the day with a few breaks of sun shines through the afternoon >> we even have some drizzles early on. >> as remain in a very typical summer like pattern, and here is the fog tracker at midnight tonight, this is where the fog wil

to their happy meals and reduce the fries, cut in half, so there will be apple's -- apples and fire -- fires, and there will be other changes -- apples and fries. this is major. when mcdonald's, a huge company, makes changes, the rest follows, but even two weeks ago, jack in the box and ihop and other restaurants announced major changes, as well. i think our grass-roots efforts and parents, public health advocates really have had -- hopefully it will have a global impact, as well. i think mcdonald's is taking a good step, a positive step, and they have acknowledged their role in the growing obesity epidemic among children in our society, and i think that is the key thing, that they are 8 nongenetic their role in the epidemic. i think mcdonald's and the fast companies need to do much, much more to meet these standards as said by national bodies. they need to cut fat, sugar, salt, and calories much, much more, especially in meals that are targeted to children, in which they use toys to lure them to eat an unhealthy option. i'll continue to ask to hold fast food companies accountable f

it doesn't say apple store.hirts. here's the thing. this was stumbled upon by tourists who thought they were walking into an apple store at first. those employees actually think they're working for apple. >> oh, they do? >> there are four apple stores in china. in fact, their four highest grossing stores worldwide. again, not -- >> are the products really apple? >> they're not sure about that, they discuss the gray market. if these are knockoff, counterfeits, what have you. although, if you're billing yourself as an apple store and you're not an apple store, i'm gogog to guess that maybe the products aren't exactly on the level. >> i'm going to guess the store is probably going to close in an hour from now. (announcer) chug that coffee, bolt that burrito. no matter what life throws at you, you can take the heat. until it turns into... heartburn. good thing you've got what it takes to beat that heat, too. zantac. it's strong, just one pill can knock out the burn. it's fast, the speed you need for heartburn relief

to apples. they have proposed what they believe will help to save the budgetary savings that we're looking for here. from the controller's perspective, you say this is apples to oranges. we're talking about a few fte's doing the work. sciu said that was because they did not feel that as many managers were required to manage the situation, and they believe that they could achieve the appropriate level of security without such a high management structure. i am wondering if the mayor's office or the controller's office can respond to that, on whether the staffing level proposed could address the situation and what that staffing level is compared to what it is currently. >> the numbers we provide you when we are certifying preposition proposals are endeavoring to remove the question of what the appropriate staffing level is from the equation and provide a comparison of if you replace a model currently providing civil servants at a certain account with a light proposal using contractors, what is the

: bottom line apple users should download the fix,. >> we contacted apple and the company sent us thisement "apple takes security very seriously. we are aware of this reported issue and are developing a fix that will be available to customers in an upcoming software update. >>> there is word tonight that san jose's tech museum has been hacked. a hacker broke into three files containing information on as many as 800 people. then posted their names, phone numbers, e-mail and home addresses on twitter. a spokeswoman said no credit card or social security information was given out and the museum had contacted those who's information was stolen. >>> radio recordings from a southwest flight that developed a hole mid flight in april reveal what was happening in the cockpit. the recording police today indicated pilot didn't wait for approval before beginning an emergency dive. 118 passengers and five crew members were on board. the boeing 737 on that april 1st flight. the pilots are heard explaining the situation to air traffic controllers. >> declare emergency. we lost the cab caribbean. >> t

the force is strong with apple.ompany share price closed tuesday above $400 a share for the first time. it bounced about $400 a share the other day. >> it was up 491? >> $4.91 to $4403.41. >> amazing. thank you very much. coming up next a whole lot more. it's 5:56 right now. stick around. ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ [ female announcer ] kraft cheese has more full length shreds in every bag. you'll see the difference. ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm >>> a violent crime has people in this otherwise quiet south san jose neighborhood worried this morning. good morning, i'm marla tellez. i'm going to tell you what happened inside this park that sent a teenager boy to the hospital coming up. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee

: bottom line apple users should download the fix,. >> we contacted apple and the company sent us thisement "apple takes security very seriously. we are aware of this reported issue and are developing a fix that will be available to customers in an upcoming software update. >>> there is word tonight that san jose's tech museum has been hacked. a hacker broke into three files containing information on as many as 800 people. then posted their names, phone numbers, e-mail and home addresses on twitter. a spokeswoman said no credit card or social security information was given out and the museum had contacted those who's information was stolen. >>> radio recordings from a southwest flight that developed a hole mid flight in april reveal what was happening in the cockpit. the recording police today indicated pilot didn't wait for approval before beginning an emergency dive. 118 passengers and five crew members were on board. the boeing 737 on that april 1st flight. the pilots are heard explaining the situation to air traffic controllers. >> declare emergency. we lost the cab caribbean. >> t

i believe that apple will survive. clearly, we still hope that mr. jobs, who is my friend -- i know him very well -- i hope that he will continue there as long as possible. nevertheless, plans have to be put in motion just in case things do happen, like any other company in the world. >> you mentioned news corporation. they're obviously at the center of this huge scandal that's still erupting around the world, involving the activities of the "news of the world" in particular. when you look at the structure of the newspaper corporation, you talked there about the succession plan for apple. are you concerned about the future of the murdoch family in relation to news corporation, or are you happy with the way things are? >> well, you know, news corp. is the only real media global -- that has a global presence that's involved in tv production, in movies, in publishing, in newspapers, digital media, et cetera. so for a company like that to function, clearly it does not depend on rupert murdoch or james murdoch. clearly, as a ceo, you have other functions

for those of you keeping track, apple ceo steve jobs still on medical leave, and apple still does not pay a dividend. overall as for the rest of your money, apple's good news comes after strong numbers from coca-cola and ibm. stocks are higher on word today from president obama that he's making progress on cutting our nation's debt. more signs of local strength in the bay area. wells fargo reported strong earnings today and even beyond the bay area and even when zillo says it will go public tomorrow morning. strong numbered from the established company janelle in apple and an ipo from another hot dot com. tech leads the way. >>> people who play, work or live in san francisco may see hundreds of new four-foot tall utility boxes on city sidewalks. tonight the city's board of supervisors voted 6- hif6-5 to at and it t to move forward without an environmental impact report. at&t's utility boxes would allow the company to offer city residents it's phone, video and internet service. right now comcast is the only option in town. comcast is an owner of this tv station. >>> police in the east

apple the high tech company. say apple makes ipods, government doesn't. the u.s. government has atomic government. apple doesn't. so they are different. but here's a shocker. when it comes to cash on hand they are about the same. thanks to the debt ceiling crisis, bloggers point out that depending on how you measure it, apple has more cash money than the government of the united states of america. apple has about $76 billion in cash savings, the government 1:billion. you have to go through some mathematical hoops to get there but it's a fun statistic. well, part of congress debates the debt ceiling, another part, the house judiciary subcommittee has a bill that would force internet service providers to hold onto your data for a year, what sites you visit, what computers you use, what content you post. all of that available without a court order. supporters say it would help catch bad guys. critics point out bad guys would just use public networks instead. then the british government banned its subjects from visiting this website. we were surprised that we could vi

chinese authorities said all of the shops were selling genuine apple products. even so, experts fear the apple brand could be damaged. >> it can hurt, especially if people cannot tell the difference between the real thing and the copy. when people have a bad experience, they might blame the brand. >> apple has just four official stores across all of china, and none in this city. china is the fastest-growing market for the iphone. one analyst expects sales in china could triple in 2012. >> the trial of the last major war crimes suspect in the balkan conflict has opened in the hague.e. goran hadzic let serbian forces during the war in croatia in the 1990's. he has been charged with 14 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. the european union has insisted that serbia and arrest all wanted war crimes suspects before the country is granted candidate status for membership. >> goran hadzic's appearance is the end of the 18 year hunt for those involved in war crimes in the balkan conflict. he is the last of 161 suspect to go on trial. >> it sends a strong sig

no problem, apples, too. she has a firm set of new teeth thanks to her dental clinic and union city, however, she has something unwanted. bills she doesn't owe. >> i paid in full. i had a receipt that said paid in full. then, they keep sending me these bills. >> she'd paid off at kt at the university of pacific dental care center receiving this statement. however... a month later, she received a bill for $1146. she called the office to ask why. >> said oh, just not right. you don't owe that. i said okay and let it go. next month, i get another bill. >> again, she was told to disregard the bill. however, the following month, she received yet another bill. in the mail, also demanding $1146. she called the clinic qen. -- again. >> said no. i'll fix it. don't worry. >> she relaxed until... the following month. and you guessed it. she received yet another bill for the same amount. this time, she contacted the main accounting office and this time was told pay up. >> she said well according to our records you do ow

to things as well. >> i have been in touch with apple, so i will reiterate that to them. in this pilot period, i would to see in the report, and deadline date for the pilot so it is not continuing on. fixed amount to pilot, then look of the results, then come back. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? please step forward. >> executive director of what san francisco. this item i just wanted to encourage the board to continue to look at the private shuttle services. there was a pedestrian killed by a ucsf shuttle in the tenderloin not long ago and brought up issues about how these troubles are regulated, how do we keep them safe, how do we coordinate with the city's public transit service? i would also like to take the opportunity to thank the ta board for the earlier item that included the safer speed zones around the city schools. we are excited about this. it has been a big campaign for what san francisco. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, this is an action item. roll-ca

check out this knock-off apple store where employees wear the iconic blue apple shirts and name tag,he winding staircase and the giant posters advertising apple products. even the outside mimics the other stores around the world. this is not the first time a fake apple brand appeared in china. ipad and iphone knockoffs are everywhere. it may be worth it to think twice next time you walk into one of their stores. after all, you don't want to walk out with a rotten apple. >>> it's being dubbed the heat dome because heat wave isn't intense enough to describe the temperatures two-thirds of this country are facing. what's goingsz on here and, more importantly, when is it going to end? we'll attempt to answer both questions next. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active

stocks slightly higher an apple's great news. apple is up 3 1/3%. apple a stock to watch.mpany, marla, turned in record profits on tuesday. one analyst just titled his report, wow. steve jobs list of how he would put it if he were there. >> boom, boom, boom, boom boom. >> steve jobs loves the word. a collection of his various presentations over the years. phenomenal stock, up $12 just today. >> the i-boom. >> i'd like to see a little more hand action with that. >> see you later. >> thanks for being with us. have a great day.

everywhere you look today google, twitter everybody's talking about apple. >> apple they just had explosives after the bell yesterday. really incredible profit more than doubled. they sold 20 million iphone. they sold 9.3 million ie pads. it really just proves even in a tough economy if you have a product that people want to buy, they're going to go out and do it even though it is really expensive. the company has a ton of cash on the books about $76 billion just laying around the office. i think they trip over it on the way into their desks in the morning. a lot of analysts have been asking what are you going do do with that cash? they could pay cash for our company, comcast. there's a lot of things they could do with that money. they're making good use of it. there's no reason to put it to work. the stock market pretty flat today. it was the best day for the dow so far up 202 points. we're taking a breather today. >> thanks, melissa. >>> congresswoman michele bachmann's surge is on. our latest "the wall street journal" poll shows in just one month she's jumped from a barely there 3% suppo