the other reason is the fbi has sought from apple and apple has cooperated and given the fbi the icloud back up. apple has turned that information over to the fbi. reseti made a mistake and the password on the icloud account so we do not have the very latest information from the account. the other reason is the fbi has sought from verizon, the carrier associated with the phone, the phone call and text messaging data from the phone, even for the period that is not covered by the icloud back up's. the fbi has quite a bit of information on what is on this phone already. i think this is not being brought to further this particular investigation but i think it is being brought as a test case, because the facts are so conducive to the issue that you talked about, the public opinion, does this is a very rare terrorist case, national security case. it is the kind of case that is most favorable to the fbi. at the same time, over the same period the fbi made a similar argument in a case in new york and a judge ruled they did not have the authority to ask apple to create a back door into the iphon

katty: security versus privacy, how did apple come out of this particular encounter with the fbi? lot of people in the government who are on the personal vivus seat side, the digital rights side, came out in favor of apple versus the government. a lot of the presidential candidates came out on the government side. before court the fbi withdrew their application. it is impossible to say what will happen next. we know there will be a future request. it is impossible that there won't be. katty: apple could say we stood up for our customers and refused to give the fbi would they were asking for. >> it is a case of people finding new ways into devices. whether it is the government, hackers, or hobbyists here and you can never say that a system is totally uncrackable or any .ncryption is completely secure we will continue to have a back and forth. katty: doesn't make a difference to apple consumers? if you are bound to by an iphone or upgrade, do you think there will be consumers who will say to themselves, apple being in tussle with the fbi, i will buy a samsung instead. >> for the ave

up next, from the courts to congress, the battle between the fbi and apple continues. the u.s. general ways in. we bring you that exclusive interview, next. ♪ between applee and the fbi heated up yesterday as both sides testified in washington with opposing views on encryption. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch shot down apples argument for refusing to help unlock the dead terrorist's phone. the comments were most expensive to date on the fight between the worlds most valuable company and the fbi. ms. lynch: we feel a middle ground between apple and the fbi where law enforcement can work is supported. that is where we go to, to arbitrate these disputes. we have a difference of opinion as to what the law means or what compliance means or someone should comply. we go to court. that is what we think is the current state of affairs and where we think this dispute is going to play out. inwe discussed, this is also a larger forum of ideas in our country. having a discussion about what it means to have both privacy and security. we do it all the time. we can do it in this case also.

the fbi reached out to apple for assistance on december 5. he instruction of vi, san bernardino -- at the instruction changedsan bernardino -- password of if the fbi had it had not instructed san bernardino county to change the password on the icloud account, you would have access. director comey: i want to choose my words very carefully. there is no direct evidence of connection to overseas terrorist organizations. this investigation is not over. i'm worried that you understood me to be saying that. as i understand from the experts, there was a mistake made in the toy four hours after the attack where the county at the fbi's request took steps that made it impossible later to cause the phone to back up again to the icloud. we would still be a litigation because the experts tell me we would have gotten everything off the phone from a backup. i have to take them at their word. but that part of the premise of your question is accurate. nadler: it wasn't later,lmost 50 days january 22, when you served the warrant, given the allegedly critical nat

>> apple wanted a national debate and the fbi brought it today. e director talking about how what apple is doing is creating asked that one lawmaker if it would provide a sanctuary for criminal underground and he said yes. beyondevating the debate just the discussion in california. taking it to the halls of the capitol. emily: let's talk about the fbi specifically. what do you take away? what do you clean from komi -- comey's testimony? >> the kind of information they are trying to get out of these phones is the kind of information the fbi has collected with lawrence in the past -- warrants in the past. technology has gotten to a point where they can't access it. that is what has changed. they are making the case that we as a society are accustomed to having warrants to get this information. emily: what about apple? how has their argument been presented? has a default from what we heard this weekend last week? >> the fbi tried to paint apple and some of its motivations as marketing-driven. the apple lawyer said that made boil,ve boil -- blood that

apple in the spotlight on capitol hill, they are waiting in the wings as the fbi director testifies right now, this moment, texas congressman ron paul never a fan of government intrusion. what he thinks is the ultimate answer to the apple versus fbi question. not. they're inside this first-ever markets, the dow jones industrial average up 232 points, if we are an hour and 12 closing bell, got to stay with me, lots of breaking news. let's start the countdown. let's get to the markets. us at this moment we see new life, the s&p 500 and nasdaq trading at their highest levels since january. january was a rough month that's scare a lot of people, the dow up 339 points, both major averages, the s&p and nasdaq closed lower for the month of february but now you see a big jump up 44, the nasdaq by 122. what is happening with one hour left to trade, nine ten isn't the 500 sectors are seeing big gains led by financials, technology and materials, three sectors the struggle over the last couple months, telecom is the single ladder at the moment. crude bubbling up at the highest level since january 28t

the director of the fbi and apple senior vp will testify on capitol hill.omes as a new york judge side with apple in a similar case involving that locked iphone. it could effect the government arguing about unlocking the iphone used in san bernardino. what a turn of events it was last night as we looked at what this judge said specifically. >> specifically about compelling a company to create something that they don't already have in order to assist the government. seemed like some legal things are turning in apple's direction. i read the prepared statement that we'll get when he gets in front of congress later today. to me it's the clearest articulation of apple's argument here but it still seems to me that they need to get in front of this story. articulate the value of encryption to the consumer so the politicians have cover to side with them. thus far all the gop candidates and other politicians said we think apple needs to cooperate with the government in this case. they need to turn that around somehow. >> we're now maybe seeing why he was a little mo

in this whole dispute with the fbi, one of the things apple did was to immediately give the fbi the iclouded about six weeks before this horrific terrorist shooting but still had obviously some information on it and they said publicly they wished that the fbi had been able to make a new icloud back up so there is information. not everything but most of what is on your phone is in your icloud back up and if you signed up for that or didn't turn it off and that's how you back up your phone you have a security vulnerability. it's not just law enforcement but anything can be hacked and so your vulnerable. >> one of the things that this brought up for me, he was pointing out that they started giving the customer the encryption keys so they have the choice whether to let authorities, i guess, into the cloud. the other is there appears to be some wiggle room. at least some space for compromise here between apple and the government as they forge a path forward. apple willing to give over what it has in the cloud. you talk about backing up locally instead of in the cloud. whatever you back up on to

that's apple on the fbi. guys, this raises a whole bunch of questions, including wether or not the u.s. government is going to tell apple exactly what exploit it used. there's some tension here because this is now a security weakness in the apple phone, whatever it is. apple will want to know what that is. the u.s. government, though, has incentive to keep that information private in case it want tos to use it in other cas. the government was not commenting on what they did or who brought this information to the government's attention. >> i guess, eamon, we also don't know what is on the cell phone that they've managed to unlock. >> right. i asked a senior law enforcement official last night who was briefing reporters exactly that. they simply declined to say. they say they're going through the information on farook's phone to figure out whether anything there is useful for their investigation. they had said there was sort of a dark period after which farook had turned off some of the settings on his phone th

apple. looks as if the fbi is one step closer to winning. point a lot of apple execs are saying you know what? we can't work for a company if we don't believe in its mission. we believe in privacy. we believe that our consumers, we tell them their data is encrypted and safe. we feel like it has to be so. i will take up what you said, melissa. i don't know where else they will work. every single tech company will be facing this going forward. melissa: maybe they will be happy at walmart. i don't know. i mean, seriously? deirdre, i can't believe it. see you at top of the hour for "risk & reward." looking forward to it. david: but anyway, that is just me. they got him. the paris attack suspect caught alive, currently in police custody. belgian federal prosecutor just announcing five people in total have been detained by police in the raids today. here now is former fbi investigator bill daly. bill, we're very happy about this. they have five people including this guy, salah abdeslam, but he slipped by belgian authorities three times, just this

the fbi and apple faced off today for the first time >>> welcome back. the fbi and apple faced off today for the first time since federal force the tech company to unlock a phone that belonged to one of the san bernardino terrorists. >> paula reid is in washington. >> james ko meshgs e d can -- kome testified first. he said it's specific to syed farook's iphone. >> it's not about the fbi, apple, congress, not about anything other than trying to do a competent investigation. >> he did acknowledge forcing apple to unlock the phone would set a precedent. >> apple's top lawyer said any hacking software can and lead to a broad encroachment on privacy and security. >> it would only hurt consumers that rely on apple to protect their information. >> attorney general loretta lynch questioned apple's position. >> i'm, again, surprised that the choice would be we're not anymore, we're done thinking. do we let one company decide this issue for all of us? >> the hearings came a day after a judge in new york rule that had the fbi cannot force apple to unlock and iphone

write special software to help the fbi unlock bernardino attackers. >> essentially we're asking apple, take the vicious guard dog away, let us try and pick the lock. >> reporter: comey said the fbi asked every part of the u.s. government to crack the phone and concluded only apple health the key. >> when has it been the function of government to compel or force a private citizen or a company to act as an agent of the government to do what the government couldn't do? >> reporter: apple's top lawyer warned if the fbi gets what it wants the software to disable an iphone security could get into the wrong hands. >> we think that protecting the security and the privacy of hundreds of millions of iphone users is the right thing to do. that's the reason that we're doing this. >> reporter: but some committee members worried about phones keeping evidence out of the reach of law enforcement. >> you can go into people's bodies and remove bullets but you can't go into a dead person's iphone and remove data? i just find it baffling. >> reporter: the federal judge in brooklyn has ruled for apple in

apple in a battle over access to a drug dealer's locked iphone. up next, a san bernardino court hearing is set in three weekp for that fbi ver suss apple case. >>> it is almost spring which means spring cleaning. why not start with the bathroom. >> for nbc 6 this morning, haley hernandez goes over some very sneaky and nasty places that th grime could stick around. >> reporter: everyone's shower >> the body scrub, i think i've had that for about a year. >> reporter: we're the ones to blame. >> my razor, i use it until it starts to get dull which is aboutt month from here. >> reporter: dr. sherry ingraham of advanced dermatology says there's a hard and fast ex-prescription date. it culled lead to acne, folic lie tis or other skin infections. >> it's like a giant petri dish. you need to be aware of what's in there and eping it clean an tossing things on a regular basis. >> the most frequently tossed tool should be your razaz. >> after three uses, toss it. if you don't, it can grow bacteria. >> reporter: the same can be true with natural loofas. if it's synthetic, it can stick around for longer than three weeks if you dry it out between uses. >> every

eastern with all the breaking news. >>> the battle between apple and the fbi reached all the way to capitol hill today. apple is fighting the fbi's demand to help unlock an iphone used by one of the san bernardino attackers. as our pete williams explains, both are asking congress to play referee and find an answer. >> if you would please rise i'll begin by swearing you in -- >> reporter: the fbi director faced a skeptical house judiciary committee over requiring apple write special software to help the fbi unlock an iphone used by one of the san bernardino attackers. >> essentially we're asking apple, take the vicious guard the lock. >> reporter: comey said the fbi asked every part of the u.s. government to crack the phone and concluded only apple health the key. >> when has it been the function of government to compel or force a private citizen or a company to act as an agent of the government to do what the government couldn't do? >> reporter: apple's top lawyer warned if the fbi gets what it wants the software to disable an iphone security could get into the wrong hands. >> we think that

no. >> nobody. >> moving on to apple, apple and the fbi on the hill today. ple's general council awill testify in front of the judiciary committee after a brooklyn judge sided with apple last night. here is ted boutros on "squawk alley" yesterday. >> if apple were willing to do that in this one particular case, every other country will say you have do it for us. create and let us use that software you created to access the data of citizens in our country. that is a very serious concern. again, i think it's inaccurate for director comey and others to say this is a one-time shot. they know prosecutors are lining up in the united states and around the world. so it's a very serious concern. >> this judge, ornstein, rejecting the argument. lowell mcadam of verizon is putting a post up on linkedin backing apple saying we support the ability of strong encryption with no back doors that would enable government access to private information which we feel would degrade security and privacy for millions. >> you get a smart judge from the eastern direct a republican this

today the extort hearing argument about productiv health. >> the battle between apple and fbi shift todd capital hill. james comb yeah period. before the house rishry committee. apple top lawyer testified and issue at stake is whether national security should take precedence over a person's right to privacy. fbi wants apple's help to unlock a cellphone used by the san bernardino shooter. it may ultimately be considered by the supreme court. >> leader will meet about the exelon pepco merger. mayor will end the deal with they cannot come to an agreement on how to protect president dprents rate hikes. community leaders are meeting at noon and they want mayor because to end the deal once and for all so they can move on. . >> also this morning d.c. city council passed a bill to pay people who may be at risk of committing a violent crime. city officials will identify up to 200 people ayear who fall in the category. they could be paid typeens if they participate in behavior therapy trouble. kenny mc duffy sponsored the bill and he says it puts the district on map as national leader in crime pre

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of features might that allow but still a little positivity at this point when we're talking about apple fbit doesn't hurt. especially on this product. >> fast company did a piece. used to talk about whenever apple came up, right? not legal jargon, product. >> well, look, 56.5 million iphones ship every million is $640 million in revenue so pretty material there. i don't expect a huge announcement but i think we might see the ability to use multiple watches with one iphone. maybe some advancements in apple maps which would be terrific but i wouldn't expect ios or apple watch. >> does monday feel big or not? >> no, it feels biggish. i'll put the ish on there because it's a step up announcement. other devices, sort of incremental improvements and for some people that might make the difference in terms of what that i wanted all along. monday is big for investors and i expect to see this iphone se. the first time apple is coming out with a lower end product that's more targeted toward emerging markets. they aged down the older iphones. >> like hand me downs. >> like your older brothers close. >>

did the fbi unleash a hacker army on apple? it quotes the director of the who says lotsey, of folks have come to us with potential ideas as to how to crack into the phone. the report that the knight in shining armor the fbi might have been an israeli company named celebrate. just last week, celebrate signed a more than $15 million contract with the fbi. the other detail is that one of celebrates other clients is apple. >> let's go back to france where they are focusing on the major demonstrations and strikes scheduled across the country tomorrow against the planned labor law reform. >> the communist papers calling on people to take to the streets tomorrow. this is their front page. everybody take to the streets against this change to the labor code in france. the planned reform is -- was andented to mp's yesterday the government tried to water down the reform to make it acceptable for workers. they accuse the government of trying to trick people and pretend to make concessions. to quote the editorial, the prima nestor has not ch

the fbi wants apple to help unlock an i-phone used by the shoot isers in california. the issue at stake is privacy verses national security. >> the fbi is asking apple to weaken the security of our product. hackers and cyber criminals could use this to cause problems. >> i don't see that this way. there are issues about back doors. this is about -- there is already a door on that i-phone. we are asking apple to take the guard dog away and let us try to pick the lock. >> this after a magistrate ruled in favor of the tech giant in a similar case saying that apple didn't have to help the fbi in a new york drug case. the house took on the hearing to try to strike a balance. >>> an uber driver has been taking passengers on an inspirational ride. scott anderson was born with cp. he works for uber to provide for his wife and adopted daughters. is also a motivational speaker and he wants to inspire his customers. >> people come in discouraged, justin [inaudible] we encourage them and give them hope. >> told us about his videos and his girls. his three daughters and i thought t

should apple break it open so the fbi can read what is inside. apple should argue it shouldn't be forced to and given an early copy of the company's testimony. apple's company will argue opening one phone puts all phones at danger and he'll tell the lawmakers listening some of you may have an iphone in your pocket. if you think about it, more inform stored on your phone than a thief could steal by breaking into your house. the only way we know how to protect that data is through strong encryption. that debate gets under way at 11:00 a.m. our time. sam and laura. >> we'll look forward to that. >> thank you. >>> it is 6:18 right now. let's take a live look at oracle this morning. the warriors back in the bay taking on atlanta hawks tonight. tipoff set for 7:30, but not all is well with the ws super star steph curry. curry is actually questionable for tonight. he hurt his left ankle during saturday's memorable win over the thunder. he left the game, but, of cou e course, returned to make the game-winning three-pointer that shocked the basketball worl

the former head of the nsa weighs in on apple versus the fbi. neral keith alexander does not buy apples argument. and the biggest security conference of the world kicks off here in san francisco. we talked to the symantec ceo on cyber threats. a victory for apple in a separate but related privacy battle moving to a court in brooklyn, with the judge ruling that the techtarget does not have to help the government unlocked and alleged terrorist iphone. i want to get to our editor for legal coverage to have the latest in new york. first of all, what exactly happened? >> it is the first judge to exhaustively look at this issue. they said the demands were excessive by the government, and has now said this can be to lunch. this will not have a direct on the california terrorism case that will be in the public domain and will influence thinking about it in the higher court where these issues are likely to go forward. emily: how is this case similar and different to the california case? >> we are trying to decide how much security is essential, and does a

hearings have been held on the encryption, fbi, apple issue. what is next? rep. goodlatte: those hearings i think were very helpful at educating members of the committee, other members of congress, the general public. about the importance of this issue. interestingly, we had already scheduled a hearing on encryption before the apple-fbi controversy broke out into the public's attention. we were i think pleased with the presentations made by all of the witnesses at the hearing. i think the number one thing that comes across is that encryption is a good thing, and a very important thing and we have got to find our way through this, not by weakening encryption, but by continuing the effort to strengthen it. and you only need to look at the problems that we have had with foreign governments, with criminal enterprises, with just plain hackers. stealing millions of documents from government agencies. and millions of credit card records. from financial establishments. to know that we need to be moving towards stronger uses of encryption, and stronger encryption itself.

the fight between the fbi and apple had grown increasingly contentious as the tech giant refused to help governrnment authorities bypass the security features of its phone. we'll have more on the story with pulitzer-winning g journalt glenn greenwald later in the broadcast. in north carolina a the american , civil liberties union has filed a lawsuit challenging a sweeping new law banning local governments from passing laws prohibiting discrimination against lgbt people in public accommodations. the law, house bill 2, commonly known as the "bathroom bill" is widely considered to be the most wide-ranging anti-trans laws to take effect this year. it was introduced after the city of charlotte passed its own ordinance seeking to protect the right of transgender people to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. equality north carolina executive director executive director chris sgro announced the lawsuit. announce thatto we have filed suit against the state of north carolina in federal court, in the states middle district. other plaintiffs join us as well in the suit. hb two is th

." >>> the legal battle between apple and the fbi played out on capitol hill today, just one day after a federal judge in new york ruled in a separate case saying apple does not have to help the federal government unlock an iphone. here's reporter elizabeth herr. >> reporter: from the courthouse to capitol hill -- >> you're expecting somebody to obey an order that they don't want to do. >> reporter: the case pitting apple against the fbi took center stage in washington. >> essentially we're asking apple take the vicious guard dog away, and let us pick the lock. >> reporter: the fbi insisting they're not asking an toll create a so-called magic key, maintaining they want access to just one iphone longing to one of the san bernardino shooters for blclues? >> is there somebody else? >> reporter: apple has asked the court to have this case thrown out, arguing unlocking that one phone compromises the security of millions of others. >> the only way we know would be to write a piece of software that we view as sort of the software equivalent of cancer. >> reporter: in a similar but unrelated c

apple argues that would set a dangerous precedent. >>> and the fbi plans to appeal another case. a federal judge in blook lynn blocked a justice department request to open a locked iphone used by a suspected drug dealer. that ruling is a boost for apple over security and gives the company an advantage in the san bernardino case. >>> breaking news right now, chopper 4 over this you in you aurbana. 80 shut down at park mills road. a titfatal accident. the semi flipped and you can see all the today the brie. they tell us it will be out of the way around 7:30 this morning.the brie. they tell us it will be out of the way around 7:30 this morning. 85 or 109 aror alternates. germantown to the spur taking you 20 minutes. top of the beltway slow over to 270, but totally typical. 66 and 95 looking pretty normal. >>> i'm on the storm team 4 weather deck. clear, cold and calm. when you're waiting at the bus stop, you can see the latest storm team 4 app with the nbc washington app and dress warmly, you will need a hat, warm coat, glove. cold start, we'll be this the 30s between now through 8:0

jenna: the legal battle between apple and the fbi played out on capitol hill today. this, just one day after a federal dge in new york ruled in a separate case that apple does not have to help the federal government unlock an iphone at the center of a drug case. abc's elizabeth hur is in new york with details. " " from the courthouse to capitol hill.. ((nat)) congress question the case pitting apple against the fbi.. took center stage in washington.. ((sot)) comey "essentially, take the guard dog away.. we'll pick that lock." the fbi insisting.. they're not asking apple to create a so-called magic key.. maintaining they want access to just one iphone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooters.. for clues. ((sot)) comey "is there somebody else?.. that is our job." asked the courts to have this case thrown out.. arguing.. unlocking that one phone compromises the security of millions of others. ((sot)) tim cook " the only way to get information-- would be to write a piece of software that we view as sort of the software equivalent of cancer." in a similar but unrela

we take you out live to washington, d.c., where apple and the fbi just finished wrapping up talking to congress about privacy and encryption. the two sides actually agree there are really good are not really good laws covering the question, whether apple should have to open that phone to law enforcement. both apple and the fbi said it would be best for congress to make some kind of ruling on that, make a law or improve an existing law instead of waiting for the courts to do it. in the san bernardino iphone case told to help open the iphone used by syed fa rook. the act basically says you have to help the police to do their job. it's a pretty broad act and written when george washington was president. apple says in this context it's an unconstitutional order. interesting plot twist, yesterday in new york city a different magistrate in a different iphone case said the all risk act was too broad and refused to force an toll open a different phone for the fbi in a drug case. the magistrate in brooklyn has no power over the magistrate in southern california, but his argument works in both c

a legal dispute between the fbi and apple today. committee with its first hearing on the giants refusal to help the fbi unlocking iphone is one of the san bernardino attackers. attorney general the better lynch spoke about the controversial case. >> please comply with the law. that is not servitude of any kind. that is simply asking the company to the about to a civic obligation to cooperate with law enforcement as directed by a court. maria: joining me now is congressman and judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte. good to see you. thanks for joining us. tell us what you are looking to learn from these hearings this morning. we are all having a debate whether it's really well for the cannot is a new code that will enable that wire. >> definitely a lot than one phone because law enforcement agencies and prosecutors will across the country will tell you they have in their possession hundreds if not more phones right now that they would like to have access to. creation of a key to get into this phone is going to set a precedent in

. >>> waiting for the start of the energy committee hearing with the apple and fbi. defend the company's decision to defy a court order to open an iphone. in a separate bit of news, apple won a very similar decision in new york city on tuesday. same idea, the all risk act. we'll talk more about that later because we have to get to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> hey, scott, good morning to you. wall street looks to rebound on the first day of march. futures are higher this morning and stocks fell with the nasdaq and s&p 500 approaching their third straight monthly decline. that is the first time this happened since 2011. the dow, however, bucking that trend with its first monthly gain since november. look for data today on manufacturing and construction spending. the dow falling 123 points to 16517. the nasdaq losing 32 to 4558. scott, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> sam and laura you remember a couple days ago we were showing you robots and there is a new video of a small pack-like mule robot, they call it spot. it might be used to

the company has been aggressively fighting back against the fbi's request that apple write special softwarehat would disarm the phone's security features and allow the fbi to use a computer to guess the pass code. the fbi tonight won't say who this idea came from or what it was, saying it wants to keep all that confidential for now. lester. >> nbc's pete williams, thanks. >>> still ahead tonight, banking on your potential. we're going to talk about the new way people are scoring loans and slashing their bills. >>> also superstar serena williams firing back after a tennis official lobs remarks that many call sexist. >>> and welcome back to havana. behind me the museum of the revolution. for people with bad credit or no credit, it can be tough to borrow money at an affordable rate. but there's a new kind of lending based more on your future potential than your credit history. nbc's olivia sterns explains. >> reporter: six months ago, dave collier ditched his job in the sagging oil industry and signed up for computer coding school. >> people always need apps to be built and managed and people

chairman goodlatte hearings held on encryption fbi apple issue. what's next? >> guest: well those hearings i think were very helpful at educating members of the committee and other members of congress and the general public about the importance of this issue. interestingly we have already scheduled a hearing on encryption before the apple fbi controversy broke out to the public's attention and we were right thing pleased with the presentation made by all of the witnesses at the hearing but i think the number one thing that comes across is encryption is a good thing and a very important thing and we have got to find our way through this not be weakening encryption but by continuing effort to strengthen it and you only need to look at the problems that we have had with foreign governments, with criminal enterprise, with hackers stealing millions of documents from government agencies and alleys of credit card records from retail establishments, financial establishments to know that we need to be moving toward stronger uses of encryption and stronger encryption it

. >> updates on the fight between apple and the fbi. a california judge has now officially vacated the order asking apple to assist the fbi hacking into the phone of the san bernardino terrorist. separately, nbc is reporting an israeli company is actually the firm that provided the tool which enabled the government to unlock the phone. according to cbs, the fbi now owns the proprietary rights to the method used to get into the device. no word on what, if any, evidence they've found inside. >> more stocks to watch today. dave & buster's fourth quarter results beat forecasts. the arcade and restaurant chain also giving an upbeat revenue outlook for 2016. however, the company is projecting same-store sales growth of 2% to 4% this year, down from 9% in 2015. >>> sonic's second quarter profit rising 41%, topping forecasts on continued strong sales at the drive-in fast food chain. sonic says core menu items along with limited time offers drove results and helped it gain market share. >>> mccormick is raising its offer for the u.k.'s premier fo

>>reporter: apple and the fbi are due back in court tomorrow, and tim cook has been outspoken about this issue. he didn't hold back during the apple's event. he said they will not help the fbi break into their encrypt -- >> we did not expect to be in this position. at odds with our own government. but we believe strongly that we have a responsibility to help you protect your data and >> the cook says this is an issue that impacts us all and he got applause from the audience for his comments. some of the other big headlines coming from the spring apple event is a new smaller iphone as well as a new ipad and a lower price for the apple watch. also, there's a new operating system for iphones which is out today. i'm going to show you even more of these products and features coming up in 30 minutes. back to you. >> all right, lindsay, thanks for that. >>> an easter bunny brawl and it's caught on camera. look at this. this is city. you can see the man in the bunny suit with look at that. apparently a man's child slipped from the chair while getting her picture taken with the easter bunny, so t

. >>> now, to breaking news in the battle between apple and the fbi. as you know, at the center of that fight is whether apple should help the fbi break into the iphone used by the san bernardino killers. well, tonight, the fbi says they have now hacked into that phone themselves. so, will they drop the case against apple? here's abc's senior justice correspondent peel areaierre thomas now. justice department has revealed that the fbi has now successfully retrieved the data stored on the san bernardino's terrorist's iphone. they had been in a fight with apple. apple refusing to unlock the phone. tim cook telling david just weeks ago -- >> i want to get to what the fri director has said. he said, it's not about a slippery slope. it's about, quote, 14 people who were slaughtered. maybe the phone holds the clue to finding more terrorists, maybe it doesn't, but we can't look the survivors in the eye and ourselves, if we don't follow any possible lead out there. do you understand where he's coming from? >> i do understand where he's coming from. and this is

on thursday, apple hit back at the fbi. microsoft, google, twitter, and yahoo! ved to throw their support behind apple. the fbi director james comey testify before congress, calling encryption the hardest problem i have seen in government. joining me now is max levchin. he is currently the cofounder and ceo of a firm at a financial and technology company. he is on the board of directors at yahoo!. thank you for coming. rather than asking a specific question, let me ask you a broader question. let me ask a broader question. we've seen this coming? tell me more. >> consider the fbi director comey has advocated for essentially backdooring encryption software -- that is built into apple and other systems. that is easy. but that is a terrible idea. there are simple things to it, bad guys do not abide by our laws, good guys will weaken encryption which bad guys will take advantage of. good guys will have weak systems and bad guys will use the strongest thing they can get their hands on. off, it will be better off. they will be better off. charlie: bad guys can be crimi

a congressional hearing will be held on the fight between the fbi and apple. he fbi has asked apple to create a software that would unlock the cell phone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. apple says that would set a dangerous precedent, but the justice department says that tech companies have helped. >> we have gone to court with a narrowly crafted request. we have gone to apple and said, we need your assistance. and if they chose not to, we go to court, and ask the cord to direct them. >> the hearing comes one day after a new york judge ruled the government cannot force apple to unlock an iphone in a brooklyn drug case. >>> families of the victims in the san bernardino shootings have mixed opinions on all right apple should be forced to provide access to information on that iphone. the hustle of a survivor of the attack says he has doubts that there are any good pieces of information on that phone used by syed farook. he says that employees knew san bernardino county had access to those information from the phone. but the father of another victim say

battle with apple came up during a hearing this week about encryption. the fbi director admitted a mistake was made in the early going of the investigation into the san bernardino attacks. the with that error, government would still need apples help -- apple's help to get information off the iphone. one of the most iconic bridges in the area could be closed in a couple years. the national parks service says that 84-year-old memorial bridge needs a lot of work. brianne carter explains. brianne: these bridge show the accelerated rate of deterioration. >> the deck should be 11 inches of solid concrete. when we pull that out, it crumbles. e: eight months ago, our cameras got a look at the corrosion under the bridge that tens of thousands drive over every day. see all the problems. 2010, $10 million has been used for emergency repairs. later, $5 million will be used for repairs, but it's not enough. they need a quarter billion dollars to overhaul the bridge or they may have to close the important river crossing. the parks service plans to apply for federal grants and

with the iphone still at the center of a fight between apple and the fbi, apple's attorney is speakingut. >> if it can be done here it can be done in other cases. >> reporter: ted olsen spoke to nbc bay area about the case, saying that while he and apple sympathize with the victims of terrorism, the iphone issue is about personal privacy. >> if the fbi can force apple to turn its energies, its engineers, its resources to work for the government, then the government can do that to other people as well. >> reporter: olsen who as argued in front of the supreme court, says this case could end up there as well. today attorney general loretta

cannot force apple to unlock an iphone used in a totally unrelated drug case. fbiirector comey said that forcing apple to unlock that phone would set a preceden laden wanted most of his wealth to go the terrorist org -- organization. he claimed to have $29 million. he asked that the money be used on jihad for the sake of allah. ironically, he also wrote that he did not want any of his children to join the taliban. >>> palestinian refugee camp. because of an error on a satellite nav gag map. the -- navigation map. they were attacked. israeli forces mounted a rescue operation. at least one palestinian was killed and more than 10 palestinian soldiers were injured. >>> coming up later on wusa 9. at 6:00, in kirk they trust. at least for a while. burgundy and gold make kirk cousins their franchise quarterback for at least on >> huge payday for him. >>> a man who reported a robbery applies to be a prince george's county cop. check out the fresh new look on mcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! try a flaky filet-o-fish made with sustainably sourced fish, a big mac made with 100% beef