apple disclosed today that 50% of all ipod sales today are going to new ipod users.his company has figured out a way after 220 million ipods sold to actually expand the market. and that bodes well as we head into the holiday shopping season. guys? >> well, if he's cutting the price, new people are going to buy it so they can have that 74% share. jim-s there any sort of update on that push into china when it comes to the iphone? >> you know, they didn't talk about china and the iphone at all today. which you know, not so much of a surprise. this is a big focus on ipods today. you talked about those price cuts as an example. we did see apple shares down in trading through the course of the day. we had no news on the beatles, no news on the rolling stones, no mac tablet, at least not yet. and those price cuts. but apple has proven time and again that when it cuts prices it actually figures out a way to offset those cuts with dramatically increased sales volume. and that's something the company has seen enormous success with in the past, and they say they'll see it again

just getting information now about the new ipod. once again, sam? 8 gig ipod for $169. and 16 gig for $179. apple rolling out new ipods. it was mostly expected to come out of this. there were rumors about perhaps a beatles announcement. none of that yet. again jim goldman's coming up. shares are in a wait-and-see mode until this whole thing can be digested. ebay moving up. google and cisco at the plus side as well. palm shares were already down today, down 6% on a downgrade there. alterra getting a little bit of a lift. vivus pharmaceuticals up 71% today. a positive study and some test results related to their obesity drugs. starbucks says 30 stores slated foreclosure will not be and the stocks got a boost off of that information. erin, back to you. so many moves parts today. >>> we'll get more on apple and bring it to you. you just heard the latest from the beige book. what is the situation for the u.s. economy? the banal book can be very important. let's break it down. zane brown, vincent reinhart, vincent, start with you. you heard the headlines. from across the coun

the highlight was a new ipod nano.feature answer fm radio, pedometer to measure your footsteps, and a built-in video camera. >> all in all, apple's doing what a lot of companies have been doing lately. which is acatching a video camera to whatever it can get its hands on. if i work over at cisco, in the flip division, i might be getting a little nervous. >> apple also cut the price on the ipod touch. and adding a newer, higher-capacity model. the 32 gigabyte model is cheaper and sells for $299. the new 64 gigabyte version, will cost $365. >> they improve them as soon as you buy one. you have to get another one. >>> next on this thursday, a game show millionaire and the fight over her winnings. they were supposed to go toward helping disabled children, until the bill collector came calling. >>> and then, a surprising revelation from a former president. bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. if you're

the last ipod storing music on a hard drive. the big news is ceo steve jobs coming back from his liver transplant and medical leave. he will be a part of tomorrow's event that could go a long way toward keeping the apple momentum going. new 52-week high, 200 bucks a share from several firms. this stock has doubled this year alone. tomorrow's event begins at 1:00 eastern. i will be live blogging and complete coverage throughout the day. >> jim, thanks very much. that is going to be quite the event. the securitization market took a beating with the housing collapse. now wall street jumps back in. this time the bet is on life insurance, the risks and rewards. >>> as the president prepares to make what could be a make-or-break speech on health care reform his own party puts another plan on the table. how much of a problem could thih be for health care overhaul? we'll check it out. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. anything before takeoff mr. kurti

the maker of the ipod and iphone unveils its latest invention the maker of the ipod and iphone unveils its latest invention today. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. six months of bare-knuckle negotiations on health care reform tonight come down to this. tonight, president obama aims to close the deal. >> but first, he gave an exclusive preview to abc news. john hendren has the latest from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. president obama is putting his prestige on the line. he'll be talking to congress. but the real goal of his address will be persuading the american public. tonight, president obama makes a high-stakes pitch for health care reform. in an exclusive interview with abc's robin roberts, the president outlined his rare, joint address to congress. >> the intent of the speech is to "a," make sure that the american people are clear exactly what it is we're proposing. "b", to make sure that democrats and republicans understand that i'm open to new ideas. >> reporter: but among most republic

word is the company will reveal a new ipod.bring in gene muenster, who is senior research analyst. tony is a senior research analyst and we have jim goldman joining us as well. jim, give us the hits, runs, and errors. what are we expecting from this meeting tomorrow? >> it's an ipod event centered around music. likely see an upgrade to itunes as well. you mentioned thei pod wi ipod camera. no mac tablet. none of that. the beatles deal seems to be fizzling. maybe something with the rolling stones with digitally remastered library from that band. all of this aside, i think it comes down to the fact that we're going to see steve jobs on stage again for the first time since that october event last year when they refreshed their mac books. that is going to be significant. his appearance will steal the show. >> gene, do you think we will see steve jobs tomorrow? >> yeah, we do, and at the end of the day he's been back since the end of june. he's been reengaged. this is the stuff he loves to do. he probably won't do the whole keynote.

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. >>> he is the man responsible for the instantly recognizable apple logo on all the ipods and computershat are in so many american homes. he is steve jobs, the secretive visionary boss at apple. today, he reappeared after a six month medical leave and liver transplant. he talked about it openly. our report from anne thompson. >> reporter: steve jobs returned to the public stage and received

ipod or zune? cnbc contributor and "new york times" technology columnist takes a look at microsoft's newest portable music player. the question is will it finally really compete with apple? ♪ >> reporter: hello there, ipod. >> hi, how are -- come on, zune, what are you doing? >> what's the problem? >> what's the problem? you're dressed up to look exactly like me. >> don't be absurd. >> different belt buckle. >> zune, from the day you were born, everything you do has been designed to mimic me. the first zune 2006, same price, same capacity, same battery power screen size. 2007 you come up with the zune to look exactly like my uncle nano. look how you're sitting. >> this year it's completely different. >> oh, yeah, what is it? >> look. it's the new zune hd with a touch screen. look at this, i can zune in on my photos, search the web over wi-fi and the whole web page rotates. >> are you kidding me? >> that's all been in the ipod touch for years. you are incapable of original thoughts. >> ouch. >> well

check out and compare the new ipods. >>> paying for college. it's become exorbitant for many families. just yesterday they passed a bill making the government the sole provider of college loans rather than private lenders. while many families rely on loans, some financial experts recommend that parents save for college when the kids are young. in today's nbc news insider report, carmen wong ulrich has tips for getting the most from your college savings investment. >> reporter: it's back to school time and college costs continue to soar way beyond inflation, with private colleges costing anywhere from an average of $25,000 to as much as $50,000 a year, and public colleges nearing $7,000 a year in tuition and fees. the price tag can seem like an unmanageable burden if you are trying to save up for your kids' college education. when saving for college, make sure your goal is to put away approximately 1/3 of the projected costs. the rest can and should come from grants, scholarships and loans. start saving early and often. just as when you are savi

we know this will be an ipod event.e're next to positive that apple will not be unveiling a new mac tablet. and there's speculation if they've struck a deal with the beatles or rolling stones. this is the last video of the apple ceo before he left on his leave of absence and when he returns tomorrow, it will be jobs himself who is upgraded after his liver transplant. despite stories of the executive palate, jobs is make in charge, in control and this event will put the exclamation point on that headline. rumors about a new ipod touch that will include a camera for stills and video. about time. there's talk of an ipod classic, a bigger hard drive or retired all together. that's leading some to believe a library of rolling stones tunes will be coming and there's rumor they may have sealed a deal with the beatles. sources in london and here in the states say it's not going to happen, but the products key to the upcoming shopping quarter, they'll take a backseat. that's what everybody will be watching. we'll have complete c

there was no adaptation necessary. >> reporter: laptops and ipods cost money, of course, but so do text books. at times, hundreds of dollars a piece, and because there is so much free educational material online, high tech can sometimes mean low cost. empire high in arizona bought laptops for its students, in part with the money it saved on text books. traditional text books like this is only updated once every few years, but with new technology like this, updates are instant. >> it's kind ofun, right? >> definitely. >> reporter: fun, yes. but in the digital classroom, are kids really playing attention? this school blooms some of the popular sites, but some distractions are part of the lesson plan. >> they're multitaskers, way better than we are. people do it in every day life and it's a skill they need to know. >> reporter: new skills if you a future no longer bound by book covers. rachel martin, abc news, charlottesville, virginia. >>> and coming up, an exclusive inside look at the nypd extraoinary counter terrorism effort. streets of new york., to the you've wanted to quit smoking so

mac and ipod and iphone fans and steve jobs fans. apple investors, no question about it.ect apple to unveil a new version of the ipod likely something with a camera and investors and mac customers have been waiting for that particular advance. also look for kris cuts on the ipod something down to as low as 149 dollars as apple tries to sort of reinvigorate this maturing line of products. but no matter what the company announces today, it's who will announce these headlines that will grab the lion's share of news coverage. we fully expect steve jobs to make his first public appearance since returning to the company as ceo after his six-month medical leave and, of course, that liver transplant earlier this year. the last time he was seen was at an apple event last october and something investors and apple fans have been waiting to see and they will get their chance later today. but it does promise to be a good day for apple. the company is trying to -- well, basically create enthusiasm as we head into the holiday shopping season and today's focus will be on ipods and musics

also, the new ipod nano has an extra surprise. >> this is the new ipod nano.t's the first with a video camera. comes with 8- and 16-gig models. and goes on sale for the holiday season. >> reporter: itunes, the number 1 retailer in the world, has a new feature called itunes lp. although you can't hear it in your room, you can now get song lyrics and video with your purchases. >>> and of course, what would an apple event be without a surprise musical geflt? this time, -- guest? this time, it was grammy-award winning norah jones. ♪ [ music ] >> and jobs did not appear since last october. he bowed out of his usual keynote at the year's largest mac trade show and went on leave shortly thereafter. >> miracles of transplant. >>> new information about a new york times reporter taken hostage in afghanistan. >>> caught on camera. >>> get your updated first warning forecast coming up. >>> and wjz's eyewitness news. log onto wjz.com. hey there, this is your lamp. why don't you show the lady how romantic you can be by turning me off? you'll set the mood while using a lot l

>> well, i think one thing he will say almost for certain is the higher-end ipod, the ipod touch will have a camera on it. that may seem like a minor upgrade. when you think about it the multimedia mp3 players are going a transformation to social networking. i think what the camera will see people using this device to send pictures to friends, to up load videos to social networking sites. >> are these incremental changes enough? i mean, obviously a camera does seem to be standard on pretty much any device. >> i think it is. it's not just hardware. it's really changing the experience of what people do with this device. it goes from something for just consuming media to actually interacting with friends and being a part of the larger community. i think the other thing we'll see today is just the music experience will change in the ipod, from one of just consuming music to hopefully having the experience we had 20 years ago when we read liner notes. that's one thing we've been missing from the multimedia players, the ability to read extra content to see intoes and to interact more with c

. >> apple's big announcement, from the ipod to itunes. we have the latest crop of. >> is it the dawn of a new day for health care? we willwe wil >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories, president obama played out his case for health care before congress last night, endorsing the controversial government- option. the senate plans to release a plan that does not have the public option. >> metro is looking at ways to fix the budget, which could include raising fares. it could drop by $40 million next year. >> a bombing in northern iraq has injured more than a dozen. a truck exploded and a second bomb was disarmed before it could go off. the death toll is expected to rise. >>> people in great falls are concerned about their water. a leak was discovered at a gas station. officials are testing. wells that could be affected. if the county is aware of this,

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apple fanatics welcome his return, but pan the dated ipods. >> paul: i'm paul kang. >> susie: and m susie gharib. this is "nightly busins report" for wednesday, september 9. "nightly biness report" is made possible by: this progr was made possible by contributions to yourbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. od evening, everyone. president obama ells out his vision for national hethcare tonight. he will deliver a spch to a joint seion of congress to explain the need to overul the tion's health care system. s address comes after weeks of rowd town hl meetings acss the country where american voters spoke out against reform. shington bureau chief darn gersh joins now with more on what expect. >> reporter:he president ans to take the health care debateack to basics his speech tonight. the president's al tonight is to remind americans confus by the debateso far, of the key reasons hes pushing for health care refor toppinthe list is extending coverage, says white house adviser lody barnes. >> we know that 14,000 peoe a day are losing theiroverage, and he wantsot one more american to be amo

you trade in your old ipod for cash. like ipods, lcd tvs and old cell phones. logon to gazelle.com. how many generations of ipods are there? >>> your next home could come with a built-in sprinkler system, but i'm talking on the inside. firefighters and safety experts are lobbying to make sprinklers required in every new home and town home starting in the year 2011. home builders say it could add thousands of dollars in construction costs. about 3,000 people die in house fires every year. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi says she's worried about the anti-government rhetoric over the president's health care reform effort. she likened it to the late '70s when san francisco mayor george moscone and supervisor harvey milk were assassinated in a time when there were angry debates about gay rights. >> i have concerns about some of the language that is being used because i saw this myself in the late '70s in san francisco, this kind of rhetoric was very frightening. and it created a climate in which we -- violence took place. >> s

the version is cheaper than apple's ipod.comes with a touch screen and features a radio receiver and wifi capabilities. >>> a recent study found kids who were spanked at 1-year-old had more aggressive behavior at age two and performed worse on cognitive tests when they were three. experts say age one is way too early for that type of punishment. >>> number three will help keep your kids teeth when they play sports. it's a new mouth guard. kids can still talk, even drink while they're wearing the mouth piece. it's thinner and has holes that allow it to absorb energy and collapse so your kids don't hurt their teeth. >>> number two, maryland terps football fans can skip the long concession stand lines and order online or text what you want to eat at a game. you can even have it delivered to your seat. first down mobile costs 65 bucks to place online orders. 130 a year for cell phone service. >>> number one tonight, we are one step closer to geting a swine flu vaccine. the fda giving the green light today. now the department of h

but once this young thief-in-training spots camille hinton's ipod...d-new ipod touch in my lap. it was dead, though, but i continued to keep it in my lap because i'm like, "who's gonna go on my lap and take it?" >> narrator: as soon as the bus approaches their stop, the burglar in blue makes his move. >> [ shouts ] >> narrator: but it's not so easy to wrench the device from camille's grip. >> i'm just fighting, holding on for dear life 'cause he's behind me. and i just remember looking around like, "is nobody gonna help me?" like "nobody's gonna come to my aid?" >> narrator: camille fights back bravely. however, by the time bystanders decide to intervene... >> what's going on? >> narrator: ...it's too late. >> give me my stuff back, then! i looked up at first, and i remember people looking at me, and nobody, like, jumped up or said, "hey," or anything. the entire time that i struggled, he didn't say one word. he was stone-faced. it was just him trying to get my ipod. >> narrator: the villainous boy gets away with it for now... though thanks to the vide

. >> reporter: at this virginia school, this english class is trying out the ipod touch. if the experiment works, the entire school district will switch. >> they took right away to it. there was no adaptation necessary. >> reporter: laptops and ipods cost money, of course, but so do textbooks. at times, hundreds of dollars apiece, and because there is so much free educational material online, high tech can sometimes mean low cost. but in the digital classroom are kidding really paying attention? this school blocks many of the most popular networking sites but some distractions are part of the lesson plan. >> they're multitaskers. way better than we are. something that people do in everyday life. >> reporter: new skills for a future no longer bound by book covers. rachel martin, abc news, charlottesville, virginia. >> you wouldn't get to sell back the textbook. pocket the change. >> a third of the price. >> stay with us for "good morning america." poignant interview with ted kennedy's sons who share memories from his final days. his wish for redemption later on "gma." >> h

. >>> now today we have something new for iphone and ipod touch owners. we are releasing iphone 1. it has a bunch of nice features in it and bug fixes as well. >> model holds more music, costs less, and jobs says the new ipod nano comes in 8 and 16 gig models. also i tunes has a new feature called itunes lp. you can get the song lyrics and photo albums along with your album purchases. steve jobs was the highlight of the event and he talked about his liver transplant he had five months ago and thanked all his supporters. >>> free car buying forum. that's the focus in tonight's living smart. if you weren't able to cash in on the government's cash for clunkers program, but you still need to buy a new car, before you do, you might want to check out montgomery pu icbl fo publ ngharc . r bl it'spurchasing. owmo a tae plkerrtoac takes e actatomorrow. they will talk about everything from how to lka buy a car to financing options to living protections. it's what you need to know before you go buy. we have more information on our website, wusa9.com. just click on living smart. >>> up next, a

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camera. ipod sales were down 7% in the last quarter. adding to the hype, looks like steve jobs will show up. it would be his first public appearance since a liver transplant this year. >>> and music fans are wondering if there's a connection with the beatles' big release today. not only does their digitally remastered catalog come out, but so does their video game. they hope to sell 2 million of the beatles' rock band in the first month. sales are down 40% overall this year. >>> switching gears, looks like americans will not get back what they spent to bail out the auto industry. a government oversight committee says taxpayers face significant losses on the $81 billion given to chrysler and gm. >>> and despite cash for clunkers, americans are borrowing at the lowest rate on record. even credit cards are down 8%. and michelle, here is the key. economists say the recovery will remain slow until borrowing and lending pick up. >> all right. karen brown here in, new york. karen, thanks. >>> just ahead on the morning news. our nation's roads

stash your ipod in your clothing, they recommend, rther than holding it in your hand. and if you use an expensive cell phone, consider sitting away from the doors. here's a message to the bad guys. the person next to you just might be an undercover cop. >> we'll catch you. >> reporter: on the red line, john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> are d.c. residents safer from fire? questions still linger about the efficiency of the city's fire hydrants nearly two months after this fire destroyed a mansion in northwest d.c. firefighters were reportedly delayed because of a lack of water pressure at nearby hydrants. at a hearing today one city council member blamed the city's fire chief. >> any issues regarding the july 29 fire lie not with wasa and the water supply system. system. the real problem is poor leadership. >> wasa has water system maps. the fire chief says his top command will attend training sessions next week so they'll have a enter understanding of how those maps can help them fight fires. >>> the water in schools is toxic and lead levelsare just the beginning. but firs

he won with the ipod. he won with the itunes. he won with the iphone.mple of what all american businesses need to do to win on a global basis. >> if indeed all american businesses would like to provide health care to their employees given what's out there on the landscape right now, if you had to put together the perfect health care reform package, what would it look like? >> i'd do what i did at medtronic, focus on wellness and prevention. there is not enough money in the world out there to pay for full access unless we start taking care of our health. the president needs to take control of the debate tonight and get the american people into it. it is not about republicans an democrats. they're going to argue forever. it is about the people haven't bought into this plan because they don't know what it is and they need to see the benefits to them, how's it going to help them with their health care crisis. he needs to make the case and he hasn't made that case yet. >> he sounds very weak to me. doesn't he, steve jobs, his voice? >> i think that's to be e

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stash your ipod in your clothing, they recommend, rather than holding it in our hand and if you use an expensive cell phone, consider sittaway from the doors. in this is a message to the bad guys. the person next to you my be under -- might e undercover. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> it's time to talk the weekend forecast. there is good news if you're looking to pull out the sweaters and the umbrella. right. >> and if you're dieing to try out the soup recipe. this isior weekend. surprisingly cool, shawn, when we think about the fact we had two days in the 80s and we're talking 60s tomorrow. >> wow. >> and the soaking rain tomorrow night. the time table is coming your way and we look at the clouds out there right now. we started this day with showers and ended with some sunshine, especially sunny across maryland and we can see the clouds in the distance behind the washington monument there and we'll be mostly cloudy on the overnight. light start with our max hd headline us and know what, it will drop into the 50s tonight. if you haven't clicked off the air conditioning, doo now. the te

a new video camera coming to the ipod nano. talking about the billion videos that youtube serves up every day. apple needs to be there, he says. now we know why google's ceo eric schmidt who resigned from apple's board was actually on hand in person for today's event. this should also put cisco systems in its recent position of flip camera on notice, that there is a big and new competitor in town. now, no beatles, no rolling stones, no mac tablet. and of course, those seriously deep price cuts and all of those might be reasons why we saw apple's shares decline just a little bit today. when you talk about those price cuts, apple has proven time and again that it can turn lower prices into better profits with that increased sales volume. and the company is planning on doing that this holiday shopping season. a complete rapup of all of today's events with a live blog and my takeaways, techcheck.c c techcheck.cnbc.com. >>> jim goldman, thank you very much. >>> i asked bill gates last night and today, during an interview, what's the

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if you buy your ipod in canada, what you would be facing.re they doing that and what is chance of this happening here? larry fiorino with g1440 joins us this it morning for websiting. >> why are they taxing these ipods? >> illegal music sharing. basically to compensate artist for the revenue that are lost. while this is being called an ipod tax, it's a music sharing tax. anything that plays a song will be taxed. >> they're assuming that i'm illegally going to download music. what if i don't do that? do i get the $75. >> no, there's a collective licensing. i think this is the industry saying i can't keep up with this. i can't figure it out, so i'm going to tax everybody. >> that is going to make people who didn't do it before, i paid $75 i'm going to go down and do it. >> the whole concept of collective licensing is very heated. if everybody paid an extra $5 or $10, if everybody paid that, you could basically share songs, you know at free will. or you can pay based on the appliance you're using. >> 5 or $10 is different than $75. i would be w

>> i think there will be a refresh of the ipod line. a time of the hype doesn't come from apple. they just send out cards saying, we're doing something. the hype comes from everybody else. it's with what they -- it's the prefigures that are going to b app announced. >> and anything to this consistent talk about apple finally putting the beatles catalog on itunes? do you think that's a possibility today or do you think that the only reason that's reach critical mass this time is because of the launch of the rock band today? >> also, the invite. the invite says it's only rock and roll which is i'm told by a young person a rolling stones song. >> if it were to be announced, do you think it's something about taking the iphone type model, right, and putting it into a laptop which would be quite revolutionary if you're touching your laptop, wouldn't it? >> the amazing thing about the way apple releases products is it's revolutionary. it will be great for apple users, yes. i think they're looking at february or march. it's very hard to second-guess exactly, but it's looking like early n

steve jobs was there to promote the latest ipod. a way, the story was about steve jobs, how he looked. there's so much talk about how he's doing in teams of his health. a lot of people feared it wouldn't be apple without him. he hasn't been in great health. he's the charismatic leader. after a few months off and a liver transplant, he was back on stage in san francisco. he said to the "new york times," yeah, i could stand to gain a few pounds and thanked everyone for their support. >> so i'm vertical bei cal, bac apple. >> as for the new product, the newest ipod, the new line, will come with a video camera, they're taking on the flip, an fm radio, and a po.com te.com t the tiny size. >> still the candy colors, too. >>> here is a sign that the housing number is stabilizing. it's the monthly numbers we get about story closures. they were about flat according to reality track. steady and not getting worse in terms of foreclosures. remember foreclosures can mean just when you get the letter in the mail. also, fewer people lost their hom

rumor has it the ipod touch and nano music players could be getting cameras.nes music store could add photos, lyrics and maybe even the beatles music. ceo steve jobs could make his first appearance since returning from that six-month medical leave. >> i have to wait a little longer. >> hurricane fred is now a category 1 storm packing winds of 75 miles an hour. fred is centered a few hundred miles off the cape verde island near africa. it will remain over the open water and not affect land. >> here is your wednesday weather. stormy in the mid atlantic but pockets of heavy rain and rough surf from new jersey to maryland. showers and thunderstorms from illinois to ohio. >> a high of 96 in dallas, 88 in new orleans and 89 in miami. it's 87 in atlanta, 70s in fargo, omaha and chicago. hotter out west with 85 in albuquerque and 87 in boise. >> this is cruise control like you've never seen it before. >> your eyes are not deceiving you. what you are looking at right there is a boat driving around on dry land. the man behind this creative contraption is calling it la b

. >> as for the apple products, big changes for ipod's nano which has a video camera, fm radio. jobs announced upgrades to the ipod touch and better, a lower price aimed at boosting holiday sales. it starts at $199. >>> beatle mania back in a big way today. a popular video game was released called beatles rock band. analysts expect about 2 million games will be sold in the first month. beatles are expected to get a boost of their new collection of digitally remastered music. all 16 albums have been digitally remastered the first time in 22 years. that hit store shelves today. >>> coming up, a guy in arizona accused of speeding. police say they've got him on camera. he says they can't prove he is the guy behind the mask. >> albert ynesworth, almost mocking brandon jacobs. >> not a smart thing. >> skins choosing their number two wide receiver. they have a nestarter. and jim riggleman talks about returnne season. >>> there is a guy named pat who is a randle el hater. >> it was the worst kept secret at redskins park. jim zorn officially announced today what has been whispered for we

analysts speculate a new ipod will be launched with new features like a digital camera. apple is keeping it a secret until next wednesday. >>> and taking another look outside. your complete forecast is just 2 1/2 minutes away. first let's take a look at today's midday stocks. not best of days on wall street. >>> now a complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> we hope you've had a chance to get outside and enjoy the day. here's marty with the full forecast. >> all right. thank you very much. what a gorgeous day it is. what a beautiful day start it was. we've had some northerly breeze inside the area. what's coming from the minority where it's cooler around the james bay region, we saw overnight lows and clear skies very fall like. look at this. ocean city at 62 degrees this morning with the northerly flow. 57 in downtown baltimore. a big dome of high pressure funneling that breeze out of the north and it's governing our weather for the next few days. the interesting thing about the high is depending on where it goes offshore, that will determine the la

airport police say pilot brian mecirsmith confessed to stealing ipods. >> there's so much merchandise and so much opportunity to take small things and then eventually people get greedy, take more and more and more. >> messer smith flew for a small -- they use high-tech security to monitor employees, but they can't watch them all the time. >>> john travolta may end up back on the stand in the trial of two people accused of blackmailing him. >>> and sarah palin's book is finished early, so the publisher is moving up the release date. >>> another breezy, cool evening out there, as we look out over the area city cam the radar today quiet. i think we could have just a few showers tomorrow, very, very light, and mainly west of the area, 69 degrees the temperature now, first-pitch forecast, 65 degrees. we won yesterday, folks, as we took on the mets. the high for tomorrow 69 but tomorrow will be almost a carbon copy for today. beautiful day, then saturday sunday dry, in the mid 70s. back to you. >>> it looks like sarah palin's highly anticipated memoir will hit shelves earlier than expected

apple upgraded ipod touch with new features and a new price. it will start at $199. the real show stopper, the return of steve jobs. jobs has been on medical leave nearly six months now after undergoing a liver transplant. he received a standing ovation. before he began pushing new products, he made a heartfelt flee. >> i now have the liver of a mid 20s person who died in a car crash and was generous enough to donate their organs. i wouldn't be here without such generosity. i hope all of us can be as generous and elect to become organ donors. >> meanwhile, as for the rest of the company's gadgets, apple added a video camera to its ipod nano as well as fm radio. the company has given its itunes software a makeover. >> looks like we are done with the rain for now, or are we? veronica johnson standing by with that forecast. >> hey, craig. armontmeily. take a look at the break in the cloud cover we've beenng gnttie this afternoon. that pushed our temperatures up. clouds across north eastern maryland. clouds to the west just there through areas of culpeper county and rapp

so we've got total refresh of the ipod line. there's a new model.e nano that's been updated so it's got video you can see there. and this is $149 is the entry-level but it's also got a pedometer, it's got fm radio. it's got a microphone so you can, you know, like a small camcorder. can you actually use it to record voice memos. >> that's very cool. how about the ipod touch itself? >> the touch has been refreshed as well. that's now you can get from $199 to $399. it's got more memory, it's more affordable. but the big story is really this video, being able to record video on an ipod. so you've got this sort of camcorder wherever you go. >> so microsoft out with windows 7. vista not a big hit. things better for windows this time around? >> yes, october 22nd, windows 7 comes out. two-thirds of the world is using windows xp right now. so this is a big upgrade for them. it's got lots of interface features. for example, this is a nice one, if you shake the windows, you see the stuff, when you've got too many windows open, those hide. lots of nice tweaks m

he urged everyone to become organ donors and unveiled a new line of ipod media players including an ipod a but ilin video camera. >>> consider removing the long distance service on your land line and use your cell phone a r long stdiance cas.st andice cheaper pre. thmovecan save you $200 a year. for more check out the financialista.com. follow me on twitter. my name is financialista. >> we will do that. thank you, jessica. >>> coming up more budget cuts could be coming to the free ate. >>> an objection dedicated to serving men and women who served in the vietnam war announces plans to improve the national mall. we'll be right back. (mom) he needed everything for college: towels, sheets and then there was the stuff he wanted... like a new microwave. and because of walmart's unbeatable prices, we were able to get it all. ...and then some. set them up for success-- for less. save money. live better. walmart. >>> welcome back. in this news now, maryland governor o'malley said it wouldn't surprise him if the state needed to trim an additional 100 to $200 million from its budget. the additiona

he confessed to stealing my putts -- confessed to stealing ipods.e questioned him about the disappearance of guns and computers but say he refused to answer. shipping companies use high-tech security to monitor employees but cannot watch them all the time. >> if he did that have anyone working with him, then he pretty much had the freedom to go through that stuff >> both ups and the plane company of cooperating. what you should know about a possible water scam. a group of business owners is fighting hard to stay afloat. are they falling victim to the downturn or is something else at play? and we're here to answer your plant and gardening questions. even e-mail your questions to us at wbaltv.com. >> the wind is certainly picking up, and it is cooler than normal. i will break down your forecast coming up, but 65 at the airport. winds have picked >>> a warning for baltimore residents about a scam involving your water bill. the department of public works received reports of residents receiving phone calls about past due water bills. such information is

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. >> reporter: at this virginia school, this english class is trying out the ipod touch.the experiment work, the entire school district will switch. >> they took right away to it. >> reporter: laptops and ipods cost money of course but so do textbooks, at times hundreds of dollars a piece. because there is so much free educational material online, high tech can sometimes mean low cost. empire high in arizona bought laptops for its students, in part with the money it saved on textbooks. traditional textbooks like this are only updated united states every few years but with new technology like this, updates are instantaneous. and it's fun, right? >> definitely. >> reporter: fun, yes. but in the digital classroom are kids really paying attention? this school blocks many of the most popular networking sites but some distractions are part of the lesson plan. >> they're multi-faceters, way better than we are. it's a skill they need to know. >> reporter: new skills for a future no longer bound by book covers. >> it's not just classrooms. even childhood main stays are getting a m

a camera on the ipod touch may be added. extra content may be added to summer. back-to-school and holiday shopping season is their busiest sales time. there was a global sell-off in stocks. a lot of concern that this global rally has out paste profits for economic recovery. stock futures are lower today. reporting for wbal tv 11 news. back to you. >> we will see you back here at 6:15 for your next report. >> coming up, we get another look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> everybody in sports strive for perfection. the orioles were happy to help the yankees avoid perfection. we will tell you why coming up. >> to not forget to tell us your answer to the watercooler question of the day. has the economy forced you to reduce the number of times you go out to eat? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. hey smart, heard you're getting free nights from hotels.com. how? well, funny you should ask. you see, after i book 10 nights, i get a free one. say i spend 2 nights at a big name hotel, 3 at a boutique, and 5 at a beach resort...

i know you put them on your ipod, too, probably. >> if you wanted to read a script on your ipod. -- >> jimmy: it's very small. >> the screen's small. but you could do that. >> jimmy: i know you're -- heard you're addicted to a game on the iphone. >> yeah. it's called sally's spa. anyone? >> jimmy: yeah. >> audience member: woo! >> one guy. >> jimmy: one guy likes sally's spa. >> you sir, you like sally's spa. >> jimmy: i like sally's spa. >> do you know what it is? >> jimmy: i've totally played this game before. >> you don't know what it is. it's really -- it's like a live simulation game. and you have to -- >> jimmy: first of all, no it's not. >> it is. >> jimmy: it's a cartoon. >> okay. but, but, but you're sally and you have to open all these different spas. you open one in hawaii and one in fiji and one in like china. >> jimmy: you really jumped into this. this is not a real person. it's a video game. >> but it's really time-consuming. and you have to take care of everybody that comes into your spa. like some people want to get steams and some people want to get facials. and

crank up the tunes on the ipod and go for it. >> steve has started something.t get into it right now. >> the most embarrassing song on your ipod. >> if we ever lose a segment where one of our guests doesn't show up, that is what we should talk about. >> muse craft susie. >> that is the worst song. terrible record. now, i'm he going to hear about that. >> all the muskrats will be sending e-mail ipersonally don't line it but it was a hit -- i personal hi don't like it but it was a hit -- i personally don't like it but it was a hit. later, i think we'll have some clouds breaking out. we topped out in the upper 1r0 yesterday. our temperatures will be higher today. take a look at the airport temperatures. 64 at reagan national. # 3 at dulles international and 62 at bw incident marshall. here is your forecast for today. early clouds, afternoon sun, warmer today. high about 78 degrees. there you go. >> sounds marvelous. >> not bad. >> let's check in with allison oakley and see how the friday commute is going so far. >> i do own captain and ten eel's greatest hits. >>