. >> the apple ad. >> apple ad. to run a commercial to be reaired. it's not something thought about enough, particularly in this cycle. so much of this stuff is thought of as what are we going to put out there versus what is the response that we're going put out there is going to draw and what conversation will that response start? i think the politicians have started toic what up to that game a little bit? it feels like there's more than ever before a commercial made for the 9:00 hour on cable news. response based advertising instead of stimulus base. don't tell me what you want to tell me. let me draw my own conclusions. hitting on the head for me. >> i think a take waway from yor conversation for me that i hadn't thought about was the absence of branding that we've seen in this cycle of advertising in the primary season where it's quick reaction, let's bring down the latest candidate who might have seen a surge in the polls and i suppose the candidate that eventually gets the nomination is, my hope, might get a moment there between that moment and

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getting into this tablet business cool put its own name on a tablet price from $150 not to take on apple's adpper amazon scandal fire which is really done the best in the lead of the market the fire is priced at $2 emma's on actually loses money because it costs more to build it makes money of future download so google would apparently be following that path if indeed it does go along with that it wasn't quite as strong last month and to the commerce department reports that the orders were up 2.2% analysts were looking for a 3% the key metric have investments from businesses court goods right by 1.2% wall street not too excited about that following the mild sell-off yesterday the market was pretty flat the open right now the dow lower by 16 points nasdaq is up by one s&p is down by two and they started trading 65 percent advocated over $31 by suv. dvorak stolen from the home of dr. seuss his widow was heartbroken over the crime. and glamour? someone snatched a statue from the bus home down in san diego and that is the statute sat under the shadow of 100 year-old italian stone behind their the

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a brooklyn man's lawsuit says it is not as smart as apple implied. the ads for the 4-s do now carry disclaimers. >>> the encyclopedia britain ka says after all this time, they'll no longer publish a boxed set. the last edition was 32 volumes, weighed 129 pounds and cost $1400. one-third of those are sitting in a warehouse gathering dust. >> we didn't have the internet. >>> coming up next on this wednesday, a michigan boy's survival story. how he was saved after being buried alive. >>> and the incredible behind-the-head shot from a full court away. we're right back on "america this morning." i've been growing oranges my whole life, ever since i can remember. my name is paul fabry, and i grow oranges in florida for tropicana. my grandpa taught me that there's no orange like a florida orange. they're grown in just the right soil... with the perfect amount of sunshine. see, that's how you get that beautiful colour and ripeness. tropicana pure premium is made with 100% florida oranges. because the best oranges make the best juice. ♪ >>> a slow-speed chase through

apples also buying back $10 billion of its own stock. the dow added 6.5 points, the nasdaq up 23, the s&p tacked on five points. tomorrow, the chairman returns as professor. former princeton professor, now federal reserve chairman ben bernanke talks to college students about the central bank. for more financial news, tune in to "nightly business report" weeknights on this public television station.

. >>> apple's new ad goes on sale tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning much of the joy of many tech lovers out there the company announced the new gadgets and all of its features in san francisco last week the new i'd have will start at the same price $499 and the highlights are the five mega pixel camera and the red and display which is only available on the iphone right now and so far early reviews of the device have been very get it. but they're hard to get because they've sold out rather quickly. >>> speaking about bulls still no word on what they think of the latest tribute to to steve jobs. it is called icl the 15 in./is outfitted with his iconic uniform. the two of those is a limited edition and it only 1200 are being made. apple may try to stop production and into that's. >>> that could have at least let him smile. >>> it is 626. relaxing the rules, the psa are letting people set by security faster. and concerns about the santa cruz beach and boardwalk efforts to keep the river from damaging that attraction site. >>> seventy in people are out of their homes one firefighter is injur

apple. the dow added 6.5 points, the nasdaq up 23 and the s&p tacked on five points. >> tom: gold prices climbed a fraction today, but remain below $1,700 an ounce. as the u.s. economy seems to be gaining strength, gold has suffered some. james steel is an analyst with h.s.b.c. securities. he joins us in miami. >> good evening. >> tom: so after several years of double digit increases in the price of gold per ounce is this rush over? >> i don't think so. structurally the long-term bull market that remains in fact-- intact there is no evidence it has been reversed. the rally may have been plunted a little bit towards the end of last area when we got a lot of liquidation selling. and more recently when bernanke has distanced himself a little bit. >> the chairman of the federal reserve in the u.s. >> that's correct, yes. and the two year have gone, its bond yields have risen a little bit. >> yeah. >> we've seen yields rise considerably. your forecast for gold prices over the next three years. ash average price of 1850, below 1700 tonight. you think 1800 dollars an ounce next year, 1750, still kind o

bob redell joins us from san francisco with some of the fanfare and some of the features that apple is addingo the device. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. anyone expecting what is expected to be the third generation of the i pat to be light-years ahead of the ipad 2 might be disappointed. you might recall that one had two new cameras and was slimmer and lighter in size. but the speculation surrounding what would be the third generation is that it would have perhaps serie, the voice-activated assistant you find on our iphone 4s, speedier access to wi-fi, faster processor and a high definition display leading some to think they'll be calling this not the ipad 3 but the ipad hd. there are some thoughts from our own tech and business guru, scott buznick. >> not a radical change in design but on the inside, a lot of new software, a faster processor, some new apps certainly, maybe even a better camera. >> and apple is expected also to make an announcement about its apple tv. again, that presentation this morning at 10:00 right behind me at the center for the arts. bob re

apple is working on adding sports scores to its mobile assistance service. espn is part of disney which has a longstanding relationship with apple. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> you mentioned the summer travel season is around the corner and that means summer drinks are coming in. starbucks has a new drink. >> it is the strawberry frappuccino. it is made with something that used to be alive -- bugs. i will explain in the next hour. >> all right. see you next hour. >> 34 degrees on tv hill. gambling inxpand maryland maryland. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. how big of a lottery jackpot would it take to force you into an early retirement? i love that. there you go. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. as a fashion blogger, i love when i get to do a morning talk show. i'm always talking about t.j.maxx. i tell people how to look like a million bucks without spending it. fashion direct from designers. sav

he also said innovation remains the most important objective at apple. addingsed. >> all right, courtney reagan thanks so much for that update. >> okay we're going to have further apple analysis in just a few minutes time. let's talk about the broader market first. clearly the recent data is indicating a more optimistic outlook for the u.s. economy. and there was a powerful rally last week in both the equity market and of course the sell-off in the bonds. so what will happen now? let's bring in cnbc contributor dan greenhouse, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what's happening now do you think? >> if i knew that i would be -- but in all seriousness, inherit in that conversation is the economy's gotten better, the stock market has gotten better with it. we remain in a very wait and see mode. i think that the two important headwinds or three important headwinds we're keeping aware of. the first of which is the elections in greece and france. the second of which is the expiration of the fed's operation twist. i was one of those people less concerned about p

apple is working on adding sports scores through a partnership with espn to its mobile service known spn is part of disney, which has a longstanding relationship with apple. this last story may get a lot of people upset about starbucks' strawberry frappuccino. what gives it a pink color is made from dried bugs. on the web site it says that its vegetarian. many starbucks ingredients can be combined to create a beverage free of animal-derived products, it says. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. the dirty details. >> to much information. >> let's move on to something nicer, but cherry blossoms. first lady michelle obama will take part in the latest activities for the festival. she will help with the centennial tree planting later this morning. >> this commemorate the 1912 gift of the trees from tokyo to washington. the first lady has been working on the green thumb. local students is a health care to plant a spring garden, part of her initiative to help students eat healthy. >> a new face of a giveaway just in time for spring if. >> we have outdoor patio fur

adding that much to apple was adding a lot more than rim lost.e forget rim was 160. >> we've had analysts who have said there's room for both of them. >> remember one in particular, i won't mention a name, he said doesn't worry about rim, it's going to be fine. >> rim screwed it up so badly. this is horrible. >> you can't take rim's market cap, take of that and add it to apple -- >> still nothing? >> no. there's look 15 other companies to throw in there that apple stole their market cap, too. >> we have to run. we're just a few minutes away. well, if we don't find an audience, all we'll ever do is rehearse. maybe you should try every door direct mail. just select the zip codes where you want your message to be seen, print it yourself, or we'll help you find a local partner and you find the customers that matter most. brilliant. clifton, show us overjoyed. no, too much. jennessa. ah! a round of applause. [ applause ] [ male announcer ] go online to reach every home, every address, every time with every door direct mail. omnipotent of opportunity.

on all of those ads which means apple is saying, well, the sequences, it may not act as fast.he person who's using it in that commercial may have worked on it for 50 hours, 75 hours, 100 hours. it's not clear that frank fazio or any of the people who may bring this claim have worked on their siri that much because it does learn after a while, and it may work, you know, down the road. maybe not right out of the box. >> well, thank you, miguel. >> you got it. >> there's siri. >>> defense secretary leon panetta had a close call in afghanistan today, actually a pretty stunning thing that happened on the runway. how did such a serious breach of security happen? >>> and dramatic new videotape of a flight attendant's meltdown. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! montgomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they

innovation remains the most important objective at apple and oppenheimer added the company as a pipeline of new products. customers will be pleased. tyler. >> on the conference call, courtney, tim cook was asked about what he thought about the possibility of splitting the stock. what did he say? >> that's right. there were a couple questions in the question and answer portion, the ceo said it's something we consider but we don't think it makes sense at this time. we don't think that it provides value to shareholders. i'm not sure if shareholders agree or disagree, but he said at least they had considered it. not something they want to do at this point. >> all right. courtney, thank you very much. so does this put pressure on other techs like google to also put up a dividend? plus, what does this say about the ceo, tim cook? we're going to talk more about this latest move from apple later this hour. >>> to housing now. this is a big week for housing data. a good barometer of how the market is recovering. today not such a great start. and housing stocks which have been on a tear as you kno

the waves apple deadly sins statements and the new ad had operates within their thermal specificationsquoting and users have concerns as they should contact apple pair one theory as to why this is happening the new hi pat has a battery that is around 70 percent bigger than the i had to and that of course could contribute to the increase teats there is no debate about sales of new ad had our red hots the company says it sold about 3 million new ad has the first three days that went on sale. i'm not bigger live in silicon valley for cbs five. >>> things are much. this time now 641 another big shake-up at h-p and what it means for the paul also based company was coming off a big where does the gop race stand? political experts joe is waiting in the will break down all the numbers coming up on the market is open about 10 minutes ago let's take a quick check on those early numbers the numbers are up this morning coming up with an update from kcbs money watch reporter jason brooks. weather around the. today we got a couple clouds outside right now but looking like some good weather headed ir

apple just announce ad a newer ipad. everybody has been wondering who will come out with a product that is more amazing than the ipad 2 with its big, beautiful 9.7" screen, super fast chip, all day battery life and thin and elegant design. everybody has been wondering this. well, stop wondering. we are. [ applause ] >> today we're announcing the new ipad, and it is amazing. first, a new feature of the new ipad, the retina display. you might have heard the ipad could have a retina display. [ applause ] >> but until you see it, you can't understand how amazing this is. the new ipad has a retina display with more pixels than any mobile device has ever had. there's 2458 by 3056 resolution. there's greater color saturation. there's an 84x quad core graphics. this is the best mobile display that has ever shipped and it's a real revolution. >> let's talk more about this real revolution with alison kosik. she's got some details about what's going on, though i am laughing a little bit about our twitter exchange. can it cook us di

>> and more than three million new ipads have flown off the shelves since apple launched it on friday. the sales are just adding cash pile and today, the company announced what it's going to do with the money. abc 7 has the story. >> with all of the iphones ipads and ipods, the company has stashed away almost $100 billion just sitting in the bank. it's a far different problem than 15 years ago. when steve jobs returned at ceo. >> steve jobs was terrified of spending unnecessarily the cash apple had on the balance sheets because when he came back to the company in 1997, apple almost ran out of cash. that worried him. >> the editor who wrote the book oin inside apple" says when jobs passed away it left tim cook decide what to do with the money. and decided to give it away as a dividend. giving cash back to shareholders opens up stock to a new category. >> more cautious investors or require a steady stream of income from stocks now will buy apple. >> offering a dividend is not something you usually see, it can be a sign the company prices are leveling off. ñ case with apple. this former apple executive says jobs s

apple shares, believes there's room to grow. >> we're talking about opportunities that are huge in education, in health and perhaps the biggest of them all in enterprise. >> reporter: you have to wonder, after adding a better screen and 4g, what can apple do next to keep people lining up for ipads. that's not a problem now, but it could be two or three years from now. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: there could be a tonic for a high price at the pump. replace gasoline with cheaper natural gas. chrysler and general motors are already moving in that direction. they plan to roll out pickups later this year that run on nat gas. as we report, an abundance of the cheap fuel is begining to transform to transportation industry. >> reporter: just west of downtown chicago, peoples gas is finishing work on a natural gas fueling station for its utility trucks. >> we'll be able to fill one there and also one up here on each side. >> reporter: project manager mike wyrick admits the company is also hoping others will eventually fill up here too. >> we expect a number of other businesses including yellow cab, over the road truck haulers, other industries with bigger vehicles. >> rep

added 12 points. but in hong kong, 227. >>> apple investors got the long-awaited news that the world's most profitable company will soon begin sharing its wealth. tim cook revealed apple will begin paying a dividend of $2.65 a share. later this year inaddition to a $2 billion stock buy back program. meanwhile, a down ground sent sprint nexttel spiraling 5%. elsewhere, a healthy analyst upgrade gave u.s. steel a 6% boost. the price of oil continued to climb bubbling up more than a dollar per barrel to settle above $108. on the economic front, news that was unchanged in march failed to trigger much market movement. ups climbed 3% on news of its deal to buy europe's second largest express mail company. elsewhere, amazon is buying robot maker kiva systems for $775 million. the new york mets owners and the trustee for bernard madof victims have settled out of court for $680 million. the mets had been accused of knowingly profiting from madof's pondj scheme. and what better way to welcome spring than free fried food? yes, that's right. outback steak house is gich giving away blooming onions today to help yo

adding 58 points. the nasdaq gained 15. >>> apple's shares hit a record high thursday reaching $600 for the first time ever. that happened as thousands of people around the world started lining up to buy the new ipad which goes on sale today. the first shoppers to get their hand on the tablet were in australia. here in the united states, walmart started selling it at midnight, a few hours before some apple stores. >>> taxpayers are footing less of the bill for higher education these days. a report out today shows public colleges and universities now get 43% of the revenues from student tuition. that number was 30% as recently as ten years ago. the report found that public funding per student has fallen to the lowest level in 25 years. >>> and frequent flyers have reason to celebrate the warmer winter. 84% of flights were on time. that is a record for january. the lack of snow made for fewer cancellations and no plane waited on the tarmac for more than three hours. betty, as someone who had that happen to them with a toddler, i can tell you that is good news. that will push you to a breaking point. >>

. >>> siri apple's voice activated personal assistant is the target of a new uit. a man claim the adsgerate he says siri often doesn't understand what hes and often gives the wrong answer. the s s seeks financial rerelief and damages forher owners. therere's a similar su in new york. apple hasas not yet commented on these legal challenges. >> the website living social today is launching a new food take-out and delivery service in san francisco and 25 other u.s. markets, providing deals similar to groupon the new service will b be able to people who have living social accounts with credit card ininformation on file, will allow customers to o order take-out without having to talk on th phone. >>> pics taking place in london everybody getting into the spirit even the penguins. they have their own olympic-e diviving board. the head bird keeper had to tempt the penguinsnsto getet on the board. a few fish later, they had a taste of olympic glory and raraced around the pool. we love the cute pictures, so wewe had to s. >> of course that's a gold >>> > we'll have a look at whatt goon this wee

. >>> siri, apple's voice activated personal assistant is the target of a new lawsuit. a man claim the adsgerate he says siri often doesn't understand what he asks and often gives the wrong answer. the suit seeks financial relief and damages for other owners. there's a similar suit in new york. apple has not yet commented on these legal challenges. >> the website living social today is launching a new food take-out and delivery service in san francisco and 25 other u.s. markets, providing deals similar to groupon the new service will be able to people who have living social accounts with credit card information on file, it will allow customers to order take-out without having to talk on the phone. >>> olympics taking place in london everybody getting into the spirit even the penguins. they have their own olympic-style diving board. the head bird keeper had to tempt the penguins to get on the board. a few fish later, they had a taste of olympic glory and raced around the pool. we love the cute pictures, so we had to show. >> of course that's a gold medal performance. >>> we'll have a look a

now we're adding the slaw. >> an apple slice you clever guy. >> come on, it's a peanut butter burger! show it some love. >> all right. >> while you're biting into that one, what are you making over here? >> pb all dressed up salad. >> pb all dressed up. how is that? >> you're not having it. >> i'm trying it, too. >> that's actually pretty good. >> you rock. go ahead. tell us what you're making. making a pb all dressed up. >> how do you make it? >> in here we have two tablespoons of honey peanut butter. two tablespoons of balsalmic vinegar. one-half cup of extra virgin olive oil. a pinch of salt. >> drizzle that on there. i'm going to give randy one to chew on. >> thank you, hoda. >> randy's our taste tester. how is that? mmm. mmm. that's great. come on down, randy. talk to us. we have more eating to do. what are you making down here. >> i'm making an egg sandwich with avocado, egg, lettuce and peanut butter. >> do your thing while we eat. randy, time to eat. time to eat again. peanut butter, avocado. >> lettuce. hot sauce. >> how did you come u

added 25. >>> big news out of the tech world. apple's third generation ipad go on sale late next week. the new version was unveiled yesterday. am is not giving it a number. it's just calling it the new ipad. it features a faster processer and improved camera. abc's tech editor joanna stern says the big change is the screen. >> efrlg looks beautiful on display. i think that's my first impression is that the display will be the game-changer here. >> stern says no other tablet on the market has a display quite this good. >>> apple announced it's keeping the ipad 2 and keeping the price. in addition, iclould users will store movies on the site. let the lines begin. >> i look forward to taking a bite of the next story. >>> taco bell today hopes to change orange into green. the doritos tacos go on sale. taco bell is coming off a bad year. analysts say this taco should help. i think we can get the cool ranch in the fall. >> oh, beautiful. man, music to my stomach. >>> next on this thursday morning, the split that few sports fans ever saw coming. an emotional day yesterday. peyton manning and