but unlike the ipad, it's only available in the u.s. for now. that's significant, because currently half of all ipad sales are to customers in other countries. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: meanwhile, samsung has inked a patent deal with microsoft as it faces an intellectual property war with apple. samsung appears to be giving most of the ground in this deal. it has agreed to pay microsoft royalties for its android phones and tablets, and it will also help develop and market windows phone devices. the move strikes a blow at google's effort to provide free software to makers of smartphones and tablet personal computers. and google made its own power moves today. the search giant launched a development partnership with intel. the two firms will work together to bring intel-powered smartphones to the market faster. >> tom: stocks snapped a three- day winning streak as investors worry about europe's ability to contain its debt crisis. traders focused on remarks from at the close, the dow fell nearly 180 points, the na

ipads are a ol students would love to use for their education but can't afford to buy. bryan dericco reports. ">>>at the dr. martin luther king library... students, faculty and staff can borrow something more than books e student computing rvice center is lending i-pads.... for up to four hours at a time. john wenzler is the associate dean for digital futures at s-j-s-u and was a driving force getting the ipads. (john wenzler) "we introduced the ipads to see how the students would use them to help with their classes." students are using the tablet compurters for everything from leisure activities to taking notes. (jeff cortez, marketing major) it brings technological diversity because not aot ple know how to use an ipad. (standup) ipads have also become avaable for students at the casa student suess centr which is loone op florr of macquirie hall in room 533 peer menr, michelle pasc he bng the ipads to the success center. she sees this as a good oppurtunity to get students hands on the latest technology. (michelle pascua) "i think it's the innovation that it brings with

should i get an ipad or kindle?mazon is saying, we have enough ipad in this and we obviously have kindle functionality in this, buy this and have both. it will run android apps because it will be an android based tablet -- speculation but it should be android-based and there are hundreds of thousands of android-based apps. the key is whether amazon will let you run any app on it or have a certain basket of apps that they have approved and filtered. i'm not clear on that but it will run lots of apps. >> and email? we do it on our ipads all the time. >> email is so easy now. through a web browser for gmail, yahoo mail, aol mail. or if you have a special client, it may not be pre- installed but it will be easy to install if not. >> they announced it tomorrow. it comes out in november just in time for the holidays. >> funny how that works out. >> what are the drawbacks compared to the ipad? >> if it is 7" makes for a great book reader experience then it makes for less good of a web experience or movie watching experienc

here is our technology correspondent. >> we call it the ipad.ause] >> january 2010, steve jobs launches the ipad with the promise of a new way of computing. soon, apple's lead was being followed by rival tablets like the galaxy, this new one from missoni, the zune. but could it be amazon's kindle fire, unveil today, which makes the first challenge to the ipad? amazon already dominates the world of electronic books with the kindle e-reader. now the color touch screen kindle fire hits new markets. it seems to do all the things the ipad does that for around half the price. >> at a lower price, it is hard to do the work to make it possible. we have been working hard on the content, hardware, and software and making it possible to sell at $199. >> the new tablets, which may lose money for amazon at first, launches in america in november. no word yet on when it comes to britain. tizzies uprising to take a little more than 18 months ago, these netbooks were seen as the future of computing. tablets were a bit of a joke that would never catch on. but now

you can customize the ipad very nicely. >> reporter: this doctor with the center says the ipad lessenshe symptoms of the disorders they deal with and really helps kids deal with sensory overload. since they have trouble with their hand/eye coordination, the ipad is easy for them to use and helps them stay more focused. >> the fact that a classroom full of students was perfectly engaged 100% focused on material despite what their biological conditions indicate is really quite a feat. >> we can get frogs. >> reporter: george's mother shannon agrees. her 6-year-old has special learning needs. the ipad has become a new tool for the family. >> he's very in defiance in name. he wants to get on websites and look up rocks and seashells and fossils. >> reporter: there are dozens of apps designed for autistic kids and the child study center hopes to get another grant and match it to get several more ipads so they can send them home with the families. imagine that. being able to take it home and look, mom. >> absolutely. keep creating more apps. >> reporter: it's a wonderful application of this n

the blog also points out the ipad is selling -- ipad 2 is selling so well, there's no need to roll outew model any time soon. >>> especially here in the silicon valley, you see tikes swiping their parents smart phones and ipads to play angry birds and other games. now toddlers will have their own ipad. >> of course. >> marketed to kids 4 years older and younger. >> really? that's what it's come to? >> it is a touch screen that runs on the android e system. it costs $479. kids cannot download anything inappropriate as there is no wi-fi. you're not going to get your kids this tablet? >> back when chubby checker was doing the twist, when i was a kid, $500 bought you a house. >> i forgot you were old. >> that's right. >> reporter: i meant that endearingly. >> i'll need a wheelchair. we'll get to that later. >>> let's throw it over to christina loren. >> you're sassy, marla. nice clear shot of the golden gate bridge. thing things actually look nice and clear across the bay area temperaturewise. we're looking very, very warm. we do have a good piece of information for you, if you're too hot

>> we call it the ipad.applause] >> january 2010, steve jobs launches the ipad with the promise of a new way of computing. soon, apple's lead was being followed by rival tablets like the galaxy, this new one from sony, the zune. but could it be amazon's kindle fire, unveil today, which makes the first challenge to the ipad? amazon already dominates the world of electronic books with the kindle e-reader. now the color touch screen kindle fire hits new markets. it seems to do all the things the ipad does that for around half the price. >> at a lower price, it is hard to do the work to make it possible. we have been working hard on the content, hardware, and software and making it possible to sell at $199. >> the new tablets, which may lose money for amazon at first, launches in america in november. no word yet on when it comes to britain. it is surprising that a little more than 18 months ago, these netbooks were seen as the future of computing. tablets were a bit of a joke that would never catch on. but now t

it is half the size of ipad streams video, plays games and music, almost everything the ipad does butt does not have a camera. the kindle fire goes on sale november 15th. apple is expected to make an announcement about the iphone 5 next tuesday in (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel preach the gospel  ♪very creature in the world. (applause) >>> today at 4 and 5 controversy over this cartoon. why some say it is racist. >> women in saudi arabia call for change, demanding a court drop the lashing sentence against a woman. >>> for all of us here thanks for joining us. >> who wants to b

it is half the size of ipad streams video, plays games and music, almost everything the ipad does butper. it does not have a camera. the kindle fire goes on sale november 15th. apple is expected to make an announcement about the iphone 5 next tuesday in cupertino. >> we'll be right back. c >>> today at 4 and 5 controversy over this cartoon. why some say it is racist. >> women in saudi arabia call for change, demanding a court drop the lashing sentence against a woman. >>> for all of us here thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionair [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [cheering and applause] meredith: thank you, guys. thank you, guys. hello, and welcome to "millionaire." double yo

according to apple, it is almost identical to its ipad. it is the same size and apple says that it infringes on its design patents. samsung counts that apple infringes on its technology patents in the ipad, a newering with smaller version of the samsung tablet was pulled from an exhibition, one of the world's largest electronic shows because of a court injunction in apple's favor. a blow to samsung according to analysts but not a knockout. >> translator: samsung is suing aprille with a technology pat enthe. samsung supplies parts to apple so they cannot go all out in the lawsuit but they have the upper hand with the technology patents adesign patents are hard to verify. >> the reliance of the two companies on each other is what could settle the disputes. >> translator: apple doesn't have a reliable parts supplier without samsung. if samsung is unable to win their pat eneent they won't be to sell. >> reporter: for now, the legal jostling for position in the highly lucrative tablet market shows no sign of abating. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul.

>>> imagine, every student using an ipad in school. are changing, and that is the reality for an east san jose school. coming up, a live interview with the classroom of the future. >>> and how those apple devices could have made a big difference during the san bruno explosion. we'll be right back. ,,,, [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' school get extra stuff. ♪ like musical instruments. ♪ and new art supplies. ♪ because they're the only cereals with box tops for education. last year, schools earned over ten million dollars from big g cereals. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo... only on big g cereals. you can make a difference. every cereal box counts. of the sept 11- anniversary. what's behind the latest terror at on the east coa >>> security beefed up all over the nation ahead of the september 11th anniversary. what is behind the latest terror threat on the east coast. >>> dry conditions and lightning sparked overnight fires in the east bay. and one year late

as we saw they were carrying ipads that contained data from the 1999 restoration of the monument and they tapped the various stones with mallets, listening for signs of damage, looking for new cracks and they took photos of all of it with digital cameras. this daring mission could go on now for several more days. we turn now to presidential politics tonight and the man whose every word is being watched and listened to so very carefully. new jersey's republican governor chris christie is getting pressure, as you may know, to join the gop race and so when he was asked about it last night more than once his answers drew a lot of attention. our chief white house correspondent political director chuck todd with us from our d.c. newsroom tonight. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. last night we told you there were some twists and turns ready to go in the presidential race. well, we have our first twist. chris christie opened the door a crack to running for president. advisers tell me a final decision will likely come in a matter of weeks and perhaps days. it's what new

the ipad has almost a ten-inch screen. the kindle fire, seven inches. winner, ipad. rear and front-facing cameras. kindle fire, no cameras. the ipad can't play flash videos. the kindle fire can. winner, kindle. the ipad downloads data over wi-fi and 3g cellular network. the kindle fire is wi-fi only. looking at the hardware, the ipad outclasses the kindle fire. but -- >> at $199, this is very aggressively priced. >> reporter: and that's the blow that will have behemoth, apple, reeling. >> i don't think people realize what a sleeping giant amazon really is. >> reporter: just in case there's any confusion, yes, the kindle fire does e-mail and you can browse the web. amazon will have it for sale november 15th. they are taking preorders. but, george, the rumors are already out that an upgraded, souped-up version will be coming out with new features. >> i saw that yesterday. you mentioned the piece. aggressively priced at $199. amazon probably loses money on the hardware there. but this is all about getting people hooked on other amazon products. >> razor and razor blade,

>> ipad time! >> ipad time! >> reporter: today these kids are getting their own ipads. >> yep.strict spent more than $200,000 to outfit everyone of its 250 kindergarteners with the tablets and a sturdy case to protect them. they pleefb they are the first public school district in the country to give every kindergartener and ipad. mrs. mccarthy says the ipads give her 19 students more immediate feedback and individual attention than she ever could. >> as much as you would love to as a person be able to get to everybody right away and individualize what they're doing, sometimes you can't. >> reporter: 40% of the third-grader here in auburn are not reading at grade level. super says the goal is to fix that. >> we put a stake in the ground that our kindergarten classes from here on out by the time they reach third grade and leave third grade that 90% of those students are meeting benchmarks. >> reporter: there's no question these kids love their ipads. maybe a little too much, some might say. a study done last year shows kids with too much computer time are more likely to have psyc

a school in maine is giving ipads to each of its kindergartens saying educational software on the ipadthe best way to do it? more on this story later. when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing. >>> welcome back to "american morning." now "minding your business." fears about the debt crisis in europe pushed u.s. markets down on friday. the dow, nasdaq and s&p lost more than 2%. this morning u.s. future, trading sharply lower again ahead of the opening bell. why? because the world markets are down sharply in both asia and europe overnight. fears about greece potentially defaulteding on its debt, those fears grew over the weekend. despite reassurances from the greek prime minister the country would work out its debt problems and stay in the european union, markets are skittish and not really believing that. more protests and xrik strikes expected i

on wednesday, amazon.com is widely expected to roll out a tablet device to go against the ipad. amazon shares were up almost 3%. this was a new high. today's rally was broad-based. the financial sector gained almost 4.5%. much of the volatility has been fueled by banking stocks over worries about europe and the american economies. energy stocks caught a bid today as u.s. crude oil rebounded. and material stocks were back in favor after last week's commodity sell-off. erika highlighted the move in gold and silver earlier in the program. today's biggest commodity gainers included live cattle, up 2.5% over worries about supply. natural gas jumped more than 2% with warmer temperatures fueling higher electricity demand in the northeast and midwest. and corn bounced up 1.5% after hitting 10-week lows on friday. finally, a couple of household names saw sell-offs. clorox fell 4%. investor carl icahn dropped his effort to take over the company's board of directors. icahn had offered $80 per share to buy the firm. and eastman kodak fell hard, losing more than a quarter of its value-- down

last month they were selling ipads but 20.25 million. this could be just apple moving production to another country. like brazil where they are gearing up ipad manufacturing or apple could be shifting resources to gear up for the launch of two ipods and iphones. this doesn't necessarily mean they will miss expectations on overall sales. we need more information before we can conclude that. for nbc bay area news. >> not a bad day on wall street. stock rising on hopes that european leaders will roll out additional measures to help ease the financial stress on the euro zone. the dow surging 272 point. the nasdaq up by 33. the s&p adding 26. oakland may be closing school and laying off city worker and officers. but the cash strapped city is also spending over $1 million. they were both fired in 2008 by then mayor. she was accused of warning her nephew, a convicted felon who worked for the city as a parking meter repairman of a planned police gang sweep. they were both at will employees and served at the mayor's pleasure so they could be fire

that's about half the price of the entry-level ipad. in this day and age, charles, i think price point is going to be very important. >> yeah, i think it's very interesting, is not it. we're talking about $250 or something like that for the kindle fire. but let's have a look at the competition that it's going to face. certainly carried out by change wave research in august. you can see that when asked who is the manufacturer and what tablet device are you planning on buying? 85% of the respondents said they would be buying an apple ipad. now, these tablets from samsung, from hewlett-packard, research in motion, they didn't even make it into double digits. the galaxy tab, 4%, a tiny amount of the market, only 4%, less than 5%. it's so hard for manufacturers to make inroads against the ipad that hewlett-packard recently announced plans to stop producing their own tablets. but one analyst thinks they could give apple a run for its money, saying that amazon will sell between 3 million and 5 million during the fourth quarter and as she put i

one school district thinks that ipads are the solution.getting them, next. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." ♪ 0. in the country to give every kirnd gart ner an ipad. mrs. mccarthy says the ipads give her 19 students more immediate feedback and individual attention than she ever could. >> as much as you would love to as a person get to everybody right away and individualize what they're doing, sometimes you can't. >> reporter: 40% of the third graders in auburn aren't reading at grade level. superintendent gronden says the goal is sto change that. >> by the time they leave third grade, our goal is 90% of those students are meeting benchmarks. >> you have to sit like that. >> reporter: there's no

its new tablet that could give the ipad a run for the money. we'll have that in two minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> today a.m. sob set the tablet computer industry on fire. randall pinkston on why it could give the ipad serious competition. >> it's called kindle fire. >> reporter: the ceo introduced its a hot new contender in the tablet wars. >> light, easy to hold in one hand. 14.6 ounces. >> reporter: the tablet comes with the 7" color display. it has a touchscreen and operates on google's android software. it gives users direct access to amazon's huge collection of books, videos and music as well as games and apps. but the biggest draw may be the price. >> it's $199. >> reporter: that's less than half the cost of apple's ipad which starts at 499. >> this is an extremely aggressive price and it's going to be difficult for other manufacturers to compete with it. >> reporter: amazon took a page from apple's book for had announcement. it kept the details secret and let the anticipation build. and much like apple's former ceo steve jobs, amazon's c

his ipad toting jeff ranieri. >> it's not with me right now. i'm already taken on the ipad. sold on that one. let's go ahead and get a look. here are the numbers we had today. 77 redwood city. 70 san francisco. down toward ccupertino, this is not a sponsored ad. we had temperatures in the low to mid 80s. 96 in livermore. 88 in concord. we have some thunderstorms developing also some isolated lightning strikes as well across yosemite and south lake tahoe, some moving close to the bay area. we're going to track more of that coming up. red flag fire warning for the weekend for the north bay hills. also for the entire east bay under a fire watch through this weekend with isolated lightning strikes possible and also extremely low humidities. right now, 63 in san francisco. the fog is rolling in. things are really cooling off for you there. but nothing in the way of cooling in the east bay. still hot at this hour if you're headed out for dinner tonight. it's safe to say you can wear the shorts if you're eating outside. this area of low pressure is going to bring the chance of thun

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could this be the next big competitor for the ipad? >>> after two days of gains, the stock market is in rest mode today. traders are trying to make sense out of the developments in europe with the debt crisis. the dow is down 60. nasdaq down 22. s & p is down eleven. >>> amazon is the latest company to take on the apple ipad. they unveiled the new kindle fire in new york city today. the 7 inch tablet can be used to read books, listen to music or play videos. it's smaller and does not have all of the features of the ipad but it's cheaper. it will go on the market in november for $199. >>> drivers in san francisco had a rare opportunity this morning to get free gas. the shell oil company gave away 15 gallons per motorist in four cities today to promote its nitrogen enriched gasoline. people lined up at this station on mission street for the 90 minute promotion which lasted until 8:30 a.m. shell gave away the gas and four major american cities today and will give it away in our others on october 13. >>> tonight at 5:00, what a difference

everybody that came out with a tablet said $499 like the ipad. people say it's not like the ipad.g that costs $200. that's pretty hard to turn away from. >> reporter: the kindle fire features amazon's cloud web browser, amazon silk. >> the new browser they're showing looks impressive and leveraging a lot of unglamorous stuff that amazon does on the back end with all their computing power and delivering something to the consumer that they can understand, which is a faster-loading web page and more smooth and more quickly delivered media. >> reporter: you can preorder the kindle fire today. it ships november 15th. in the e-reader department, amazon launched three products. a small sized kindle said to fit in your back pocket. it's under six ounces and 30% lighter than previous models and sells for just $79. the kindle touch 3g at $149. includes a 3g wireless network, no hunting for wi-fi hot spots there's also no monthly fee, no annual contract, and no data plan. >> would think chance for success are good, amazon is a warehouse of movies, books. >> a research firm says three out of

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the ipads are used by special needs students. company called gum drop cases which makes covers from ipad heard about the theft and replaced the stolen items. >> gold en gate transit is expected to approve new funding to finish installing wires internet service on their buses. they already approved a plan to approve wireless service. according to a website, it's already testing the service on some of its buses. $170,000 of the maintenance costs are already in place but more is needed to finish installing the wireless system. >> scientists will try to pinpoint today exactly when and where that roaming satellite will crash on earth. they say this is not likely to hit in north america and it could crash land some time tomorrow. most of the satellite is expected to burn up, but some pieces will remain intact. >> there are some pieces that are made of stainless steel and titanium and barrillium. we have a list of about 26 pieces which range from a few tens of pounds to a few hundred pounds. >> once the pieces enter the atmosphere 50 mi

. >>> there is a new entry in the race to knock apple's ipad off the tablet computer throne. this one from amazon and is called the kindle fire. it is smaller than the ipad with a 7-inch screen and less storage space and no camera, but it does what amazon thinks are the most important things. web browsing, e-mail, and games. and its price is under $200. the ipad starts at $500. >>> straight ahead, your thursday morning weather. >>> and in sports, amazing comebacks. walkoff wins and historic collapses, as baseball heads to the playoffs. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] something unexpected to the world of multigrain... taste. ♪ delicious pringles multigrain. with a variety of flavors, multigrain pops with pringles. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. >>> time now for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows clear skies in the west. the gulf coast has a few passing storms. but later today, bands of showers will move through the northeast with a chance for heavy rains in isolated patches. scattered clouds and a few storm clouds

but it is not an ipad.e are going to do our best to judge the device when we get a hold of one on its own merit. it is another free online social games. that's new out this morning as well. called glitch released today. what makes this interesting is it was invented with the same guy who along with his wife at the time invented flicker and sold it to yahoo. we asked stewart butterfield what he thinks of yahoo these day. >> if they were anywhere else they would be the envy of other business people. but they are i-against google. the fact they are making $150 million a quarter in free cash flow and profit means nothing when suddenly someone sells doing what you do but making ten times as much. >> you can check out stewart's new game at glitch.com. if you would like to play it. funny stewart, stewart says it is hard to google to find it because if you google glitch and game you get a list of errors found in video games and should have thought of that more carefully before naming it. >> maybe next time. >>> for

let's talk about our awesome forecast. >> he's got the ipad out. >> i have the ipad. asked people how they were staying cool and kimberly in the north bay has the smart answer. she's in her apartment with the ac on. >> yes. how original. all right. but for others of you who want, you know, mother nature to cool you down. we'll let you know when we have a big drop in our temperatures coming your way and, even, a strong fall storm in our seven-day forecast. >> good evening. i'm brodie brazil, game 162 é1wçhouse poc of final time this season. sports is next. year.n8 as halloween could put a good scream in the pockets of retail companies this year. a survey released this morning by the national retail federation says consumers will spend more this halloween. according to the survey seven in ten americans say they plan to celebrate halloween. the average person will spend about $73 on decorations, costumes and candy. the total spending on halloween is expected to be more than $6 billion this year. 2 billion of that will just be for the candy alone. halloween spending is se

it will come out as a low priced one, about half of what an ipad costs.the question is whether or not that can eat into ipad sales by coming up with a cheaper version or whether or not it will simply be a bigger threat to barnes & noble's nook ereader. >> do you think eventually that all these other tablets will pressure apple so they are going to have to come down from i guess their cheapest ones about $500? are we going to be buying these to $200 soon? >> reporter: i think that's usually where we see electronics go, apple has to stay in front of that to charge premium prices or be forced to meet the prices. right now the tablet rules the market so they have leverage until then. amazon is a big player and the kindle is a big seller until now. we'll see if they have some pull. >> apple will come out with a newer cooler one. >> hopefully. >> thank you, kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks. >>> governor brown is traveling to san diego today to discuss his plan to boost jobs here in california. the program would offer more than $1 billion a year in tax reli

lots of questions are being raised about ipad production at apple. this, after an analyst said several vendors are seeing a 25% cut in 4th quarter ipad orders. after that, another analyst said apple moved 4th quarter production into the 3rd quarter to ensure there are enough ipads available, then just about an hour ago another jp morgan analyst said, quote, apple is fine and he doesn't share the same view as colleagues in asia. there is controversy that is not unusual given the practice is secret. now, elsewhere, net flix will stream work -- dream works movies. the deal is a much-needed addition to the net flix library after talks to renew movies from stars movie channel broke douchbl you may recall they were the target of criticism after raising price business 60%. since then, losing half a million u.s. subscribers. at bloomberg studios in san francisco, i'm emily chang. >> thank you and we saw nice warm up today. and more warm weather on the way. >> this is so surprising to see that rain. i know you've predicted it. and this is early. this is some

applications is smaller and lighter than the ipad, it has a small 7 in.n and ways and over one count. it has e-book, emt three's for music, they will have access to 11,000 tv shows and movies to watch on the fire for free. and they sell new release movies and tv shows that you can buy and stream. with the low $200 price tag acting this will lure people away from the ipad but it is missing a couple of things it does not offer 3d, it will only access the web through wifi. it has no camera or built-in microphone will be on the market on november 15th. amazon unveil two new candles, one of them selling for very cheap. tune in at 8:00 p.m. tonight i will see to that in my tech report. >> it was very hot out there today a couple of live looks outside right now you see nothing but sunshine the bay bridge toll plaza the same thing from the roof camera and downtown san francisco it is sunny calm and hot. take a look still in the '90s in the inland valleys. also still 90 thin portions of the north bay. still in the '90s in hayward. 93 los gatos and 80s for the rest

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ipads were basically the equivalent. you know, it's true, this is really bad. >> stephen: did you just call ipads an aged negro? (laughter) i am offended! i'm not going to sit here and ask... have a nobel laureate make racist statements about... please go! >> i was saying steve jobs is esther williams. >> stephen: steve jobs is esther williams? (laughter) i don't know how we're going to possibly edit this. (laughter) thank you so much paul krugman of the "new york times." we'll be right back. thank you so much. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you. welcome back to our continuing coverage of tonight's show. (laughter)ç folks, there are so many great choices in the republican presidential field, who can pick? (laughter) it's like going to the kennel and wanting to bring home all the puppies before governor perry has them put down. (laughter) but i have an especially soft spot for an underdog and friend of the show ron paul. he finished a close second at the ames straw poll and he's polling

we'll show you orangutans going ape for the ipad. how it's changing their lives. and, yes, there really is an ape for that. >>> good morning, everyone. happy labor day weekend. and happy labor day to you, josh. there's an ape for that. it's all for you. >> who knew? you are the punniest man ever. >> it took us three times to get it out. >>> holiday weekend coming up. and we are kicking it off with mary j. blige ending our summer concert series. the crowd is already gathering. it's going to be a terrific morning here on "good morning america." great to have elizabeth vargas in for robin. >> great to be here on this friday, this labor day friday. >>> going to be a big weekend. another big weekend weatherwise especially on the gulf coast which is on high alert for that massive rainmaker headed its way. and all eyes are on the east coast watching for katia. the storm, the hurricane assumed to be churning right out now on track that could threaten the coastline from north carolina all the way up to new york. so, let's go right away to sam champion in miami tracking the

along comes amazon with the anti-ipad, for less than half of the starting price of an ipad, amazon isople will want less power, fewer fancy features but the price is so cheap they won't be able to resist. for 200 bucks you get a 7-inch screen not 10 inch screen like on ipad. weighs less than a pound. hire's the thing. 100,000 titles of movies and tv shows. you don't get wireless cellular service, g-3. don't get camera and e-mail. amazon is betting most of us don't care. amazon is betting 80% of the ipad users only use 10 to 20% of the features. this is their bet on a tablet for the rest of us. couple things to watch. tetonic plates. by doing this amazon takes on apple directly. amazon takes on netflix with all far more titles. amazon allies with google who has the software inside the system. amazon announced a browser that competes with google's chrome browser. the bullets are flying all over the place. the consumer benefits. will be a lot of christmas competition coming up, jon. this will be awfully fun to watch. jon: the consumer benefits if the consumer isn't confused like i am, de

it is a color tablet half the size of apple's ipad and only is $199. course. joe brown is joining me now. that is what you think is the selling point is the price. >> it's huge. you remember the touch pad no one liked it until it went on sale for $100. that is what will happen here as well. >> you think this is going to the tablet that gives the ipad a run for its money or will it go the way of the others that have fallen by the wayside? >> one thing that the touch pad didn't have and that the apple had behind it is content delivery. the ipad and the iphone are tied to your itunes ecosystem. you can buy music and books and movies. that is what makes the amazon product so fierce. they are tie to this content delivery mechanism. you can watch movies and get books. and it is stored in the cloud. >> amazon has their website that is popular that they can push this thing on as well. >> remember last sol holliday season, the kindle was the best selling product on amazon, the entire site. >> let's talk about the ereaders. jaef bee zoes with a new line of kindl

>> it is tough to compete with the ipad directly. is let's build something a little bit less expensive and does the things you want. a color, touch screen. get the games and apps, surf the web and watch movies and $200 bucks. >> pick up on that 200 bucks thing. you have "the wall street journal" to vote online whether or not they would buy this. over 50% saying, yeah. does this threaten the ipad? >> for that price, that's almost an impulse buy right there. the nook color is similar from barnes and noble. that's too much. 250. 199 you can say, oh, i'm going to pick it up and play around with it. >> amazon is a solid online base from which to draw the ability to advertise, to market all of its home-based products like this. if this is a blessing for that enof their business, could it be a curse as well for the kindle sales? >> the original kindle, that's right, black and white, just does books, they have a new version of that today called the kindle touch for 99 bucks and flip through pages with the finger but they're much more excited

apple has accused samsung of copying its ipad. in a preliminary decision, the court has found in favor of the u.s. computer giant, helping apple keep competitors at bay. in 2010, apple dominated the tablet pc market with 84%. the closest competitor with samsung with 14%. this year, apple shares dropped but the ipad is expected to dominate with a projected 69%. the samsung market share is expected to grow to 20% and other competitors are making ground. whether samsung will be able to keep closing in on apple could be decided on friday. the regional court could prohibit korean corp. from selling its tablets in europe which would leave apple as the only significant player on the tablet pc market. >> german electronics giant siemens is joining with an airport operator in barcelona airports which are being privatized as the spanish government tries to cut its deficit. the rivals include frankfurt airport operators which have teamed up with spanish construction giants. a total of seven consortiums from five countries are after stakes in

. >> we have ipads, tickets, gift cards. all you have to do is like us on facebook, and then click on the left side of the screen for fandemonium and win. today's prize is tickets to les miserables. >> such a great show. it's a classic. >>> it is just about 6:21. time for weather and traffic on the ones. meteorologist tom kierein to tell us more about this gloomy forecast. at least you're cheerful, tom. >> despite that, please like us. don't hate me. >>> we have around our region again another morning with low clouds, a little bit of mist. so some of the roadways are a little damp. right now near 70 in montgomery. arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, the district of columbia ya, right near the bay. a few isolated spots have dipped into the upper 60s. much of the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. much of western maryland and into west virginia's mountains. we have it in the low 60s this morning. look at the cloud cover continuing this flow out of the south. this persistent weather pattern locked in place,

your way toward san francisco 89 minutes to from the foot of the mason san mateo bridge no problems ipad and a quick look at the golden gate bridge and empties man as you make your way into san francisco drive time 23 minutes out of nevado and across town freeway is look good if you are headed in the east bound direction no overnight constructions to worry about this morning >> much more and add on the kron 4 morning news and i live look outside from our mt. tam cam you can tell it is not foggy out there. >> >> >> with federal area asian nine sectors that found memory cards and cameras, and this terrific scene it might capture some images when the plane went down nine people were killed and at a terrific crash >> ntsb investigators said amateur video like this will give them a better idea of why this plane crashed but as close can't come from the >> the aircraft was equipped with a video camera facing outward they have also found camera fragments at the wreck site among the wreck site. found multiple memory cards that have come from the camera >> they will be investigating those memory c

today you could win an ipad 2. it comes with 16 gigabytes and wi-fi. we'll choose a winner during the 6:00 p.m. newscast and announce the winner tonight at 11:00. >> that's the biggest and best so far. >> i want the handly-monium to catch on now. >> i'm trying to come up with my own list. so far i've got disinfectant wipes and bottled water. all next week we're giving away great stuff, not just the ipad 2. >> you know what i want for fandemonium, tennis lesson. >> i can arrange that. that's easy. >> done. >> let's get the word on the weather. we think you're going to like this weekend if you like a little chill in the air. >>> true. i think a lot of people are going to love this weekend's weather, as a matter of fact, it certainly is going to energize you and get your attention. we're at 62 degrees right now. we just dropped a degree. the wind light. the air again very dry. so it's a very crisp type of morning already. you'll notice the difference even when you step out the door. the sun will be up, and it's going to be a bright sky. little less than a