molly wood is with me. rubber cases seems like a cheap fix for apple. >> reporter: if it works it will definitely be kind of the easiest remedy i history. people wanted to hear acknowledgement that there was a problem and that apple was maybe going to do something about it. >> free cases up until september. after that, if you buy the phone you're on your own? are they going to fix it? that's the bottom line. are they going to address this problem and really fix it other than a rubber case? >> in the q & a afterwards he was going to ask are you going to try it fix this hardware problem? he said we don't think it's a serious problem and we are not sure it can be fixed. it's an industry-wide problem. >> serious enough to call a press conference which they ever, ever really do. so the bottom line here is, is it still a good product? that's what people are going to want to know if they haven't bought one yet. >> reporter: all the reviews say this is a really good device, easy to use, iffy as a phone. the recomme

but molly wood three she's not just for newbies it's like a resort for c.n.n. most from far and wide. right now two female walruses are undergoing rehabilitation here both have been treated for serious problems with their tusks. as well and has also come here to work with the marine mammals it's the focus is going to find out where the white whales is its true should get the young white whale medina comfortably on the stretchers. aware of what's in store for her and calm in response to all the actions of the scientists so it's silicone suction cups with sensors are placed on the surface of her skin right above the brain. trying to pick up the echo of the electrical signals inches inside her brain which in some animals are still just fifteen to twenty centimeters under their skin. but. it's the lower jaw bone of the sea mammals is considered the best area for sound reception hydrophone is affixed to the white whales lower jaw bones and puts out a series of noise it's. our experiments is toast you know in basis of this because he doesn't feel and it's. like givin

in the moon time here's cnet's molly wood. >> reporter: the fact that they are holding a press conference is a big deal. >> tuesday night, we talked at length with cnet about the iphone troubles. apple's pr predicament and even that whole apple at&t solution i felt thing. you can see the interview on our website, go to cbs5.com/technology. >>> 80 oakland police officers out of a job and now on a new beat. they are looking for work. how one former officer is tackling that assignment and the bay area city that may benefit from oakland's problems. >>> more live pictures, a beautiful sight of the bottom of the gulf of mexico. why the good news isn't the end of the story and the california research team that will help measure the damage. ,,,, [ female announcer ] the jerry brown story. the real story. 40 years in politics... and failure has followed him everywhere. ♪ in the sixties, brown enters politics and later serves two terms as governor. his big spending turns a surplus into a billion dollar deficit. brown appoints liberal judges who fight the death penalty, supports billions in new taxe

here's cnet's molly wood. >> this issue they have been really dismissive kind of denied that there was a problem. and they are the kind of company that almost never responds to complaints about hardware flaws so the fact that they are holing a press conference at all is a very big deal. >> the journal also reports apple engineers knew about risks associated with the phone's antenna as early as a year ago but ceo steve jobs apparently liked the design so much that apple went ahead with the development. now, competition went on sale today the motorola droid x available at verizon and runs google's android platform. our cnet partners have given the phone high marks so far. they say the biggest drawback they can find is that some users might find the phone to be too large. it has a 4.3" touchscreen. the droid x sells for $200 with a new two-year contract. >>> all right. is, xs, forget the letters, let's go to the numbers. it's hot. >> people want to phone in that forecast. they want a personal forecast because temperatures today across the bay area jumped anywhere between 7 and 10 degrees.