siri, apple's virtual assistant. realized he could have conversations with siri and hasn't stopped talking to her since. what is it you like about talking to siri? >> i find out a lot about stuff. >> is she funny? >> yeah. >> gus' mom says siri has become her son's most valued companion. drawing him out of his shell for up to 30 minutes each day. >> he suddenly found somebody would talk to him about the weather. somebody would talk to him about cloud formations. without getting exasperated? >> without going, gus, i cannot listen to one more minute about this. >> reporter: newman wrote about gus' relationship with siri in "the new york times." a touching, personal account that is the most viewed and most e-mailed article. >> he very much as an affection. he knows she will never be mean to him. she will never make fun of him. she will give him a lot of information that he wants. >> reporter: experts say children with autism are often drawn to technology. >> individuals with autism generally find it much more interestin

siri. apple's virtual assistant. months ago, the teen realized he can have conversations with siri. it that you like about talking to siri. >> i find a lot of odd stuff. >> reporter: is she funny? >> yeah. >> reporter: gus' mom says siri has unexpectedly become her son's most valued companion, drawing him out of his shell for up to 30 minutes each day. >> he suddenly found somebody would talk to him about the weather, somebody would talk to him about cloud formations. without going, gus, i cannot take another minute of this. >> reporter: she wrote about her son's relationship. with siri. in "the new york times." it's the newspaper's most viewed and middle east e-mailed article. >> he very much has an affection. he knows she will never be mean to him. she will never make fun of him. she will give him a lot of information that he wants. >> reporter: experts say children with autism are often drawn to technology. >> individuals with autism find this much more interesting to communicate with robots or with technology because, they can be very honest. they can be very frank. >> turn off

what does siri do? siri doesn't judge you. i think is very important. when my son is a little brusque, when he says something that isn't terribly nice, she'll say now now. or she'll say, well, that may be your opinion. but she will not say, oh, that's terrible. nothing like that. so it's -- >> we could learn from siri. parenting advice. oh, my god. >> how does that give you any direction when you look at how gus responds to that type of now now reaction when it comes to his annunciation or an agitation issue he may get if he's not getting his way with siri, if he's not getting his way with you as his mom? >> i'm very fortunate that he's not somebody who blows up, you know, i'm the one whose head explodes having to talk about some of the things i have to talk about with gus. but i do -- in a strange way, it makes me a little bit more patient too. more patient with him. more patient with listening through. when i don't understand what he's saying, i'm like, i don't -- she's like, gus, say that one more type, just like you'd say

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we'll all be boring people, which means siri will be the most interesting person. we asked our community, in future of artificial intelligence, could you imagine dating your siri? we wouldn't last. our communication styles are incompatible. she never listens to me. taylor on facebook says, if it's a robot, i.e., a computer then reason will be all it has first. all you have to do is make is so the suffering the beings is a concern to it, and you have the potential for morality in the robot but the consequences. >> taylor is thinking. >> it's smart. >> piloting planes, diagnosing illnesses and making ethical decisions on the battlefield, those are duties that required trained and talented individuals. what if i told you the trained robots are up for the same kind of challenges? >> according to researchers artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly that in some cases you can't tell whether you deal with a human being or computer. recently programmers rocked the artificial intelligence world by creating a super computer that passed the turning test. the test measu

researchers found siri performed even worse than the carmaker's infotainment system. apple and google are working with auto companies to incorporate their phones into cars. >>> this will appeal to the couch potato in all of us. virtual visits to california state parks. the state teamed up with google maps to make the great outdoors just a mouse click away. 25 trails and 14 state parks have been mapped with google's backpacking camera. >> 70 miles long, 1500 people, so for people in urban california, they don't get to see it. now they do get to see it. they get to see it in all its 360 glory. >> let's be real. >> some of the bay area places you can see online right now, mount tam state park and angel island. >> would be fun to have that job to go to all these state parks and hike around. >> got to have good shoes. >> the weather was perfect for hiking. bring your water, a little warm. >>> close to the shoreline not bad but inland backed off the real high temperatures for the past few days, finally. a little overdue but numbers came down from nothing oakland was about t

it's funny, we would not put up with siri with any other situation in life.magine what it would be like if siri was a waitress. [ laughter ] ♪ >>> what can i help you with? >> jimmy: still deciding on what to eat but i would like a coffee. >> here's what i found. there are several coffee shops close to you. six of them are very close. starbucks at -- >> jimmy: i don't want starbucks. i don't have -- just bring me a coca-cola. >> the time in angola, zaire, is 1:16 a.m. >> jimmy: no, you know what? no drink, i'll have the chicken cesar salad. >> i found five results for wicked weezer ballads. [ applause ] >> jimmy: no, not wicked -- not wicked weezer ballads. >> okay, got it, visiting caesars palace in las vegas, nevada. >> jimmy: no, siri, cancel call. i want a chicken cesar salad. >> okay. got it. i'll be right back. here you go. crick crickets, cheese and showed cho. anything else i can help you with? >> jimmy: no, no. >> how much would you like to tip me? >> jimmy: nothing. >> hot wings coming right up. >> jimmy: i like hot wings. would anybody like this bo

siri is obviously not up to date. >> i think everybody in the world knows that tim cook is gay, but sirif you're listening, get with the program. >> all right, why is it that this is still big news? why did tim cook feel he had to come out? >> well, think about it, erin, he obviously felt he had to come out. he is the first ceo of a major corporation what came out and said he was gay. now you and i know he is not the only one out there, it was a big step for him. it was the one thing that he was not hiding, but he needed to help all of those who may need a little bit of encouragement to say it's okay, look, you can do anything you want and still be gay. >> and as you point out, people knew this in the business world. this was something that people knew to the point that they were not even sure that they were not supposed to say something about it, right? people knew. but when you talk about ceos out there, according to the human rights campaign there are no openly gay ceos in the fortune world. now there is one. statistically, there are perhaps tens of hundreds. and in this day and age,

. >>> also ahead it is supposed to make life easier but is siri stressing you out. how technology could be causing you problems on the road, we will be right back. like to make it through the cold and flu season without getting sick? every day this week america's top health experts reveal the best ways to get your immune system in tip-top shape. how much sleep is enough? can your diet make you a target for disease? how do you decrease stress? which supplements are best? and which exercise gives the most benefit? protect your health >>> happening right now, you are looking live, at philadelphia high school for the creative and performing art, this is on south broad street where dozens of students are refusing to go into school. they are part of the huge protest as you can see more than a dozens, close to a hundred out there. student pro test cancellation of their teachers contracts by the school reform commission. thinks a live look we will stay with this and bring you updated. >>> also developing right now, minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson is expect in

this driver asked siri to call a restaurant. in the driver's frustration, she misses a prompt that measures her attention to the road. >> you'll be paying attention to that and not paying attention to traffic lights and other cars. >> some users say they had a hard time dealing with siri's sarcasm and wit. >>> police smash a window to that's a guy because of a seatbelt. >>> she days -- she has days to live and the county could not grant her -- >>> the nlcs, here we come, saturday at 5:00 in st. louis. this photo shows the flaming wreckage of >>> i want to get back to breaking news. this know show shows wreckage of the plane after ' impact and emergency crews reached the pilot and he's dead. his name is being with held until his family can be notified. the tanker was being used to fight the fire. we have more on our website at kpix.com. >>> a shocking video of a traffic stop. we see why two police officers in indiana are accused of using excessive force and a family is suing them. >> what started as a stop for a seatbelt violatio

this driver asked siri to call a restaurant. in the driver's frustration, she misses a prompt that measures her attention to the road. >> you'll be paying attention to that and not paying attention to traffic lights and other cars. >> some users say they had a hard time dealing with siri's sarcasm and wit. >>> police smash a window to that's a guy because of a seatbelt. >>> she days -- she has days to live and the county could not grant her -- >>> the nlcs, here we come, >>> the nlcs, here we come, saturday,,,, you got a little something on the back of your shoe there. a price tag! danger! price tag alert! oh. hey, guys. price tag alert! is this normal? well, progressive is a price tag free zone. we let you tell us what you want to pay, and we help you find options to fit your budget. where are they taking him? i don't know. this seems excessive! decontamination in progress. i don't want to tell you guys your job, but... policies without the price tags. now, that's progressive. oh no, we have a dress code here, and it's not see

siri was up there around four. and that was because there was lots of errors in translation. tell it to do something and it would do something very different. it didn't understand if you paused. many times if you got halfway through a message and got garbled you had to start all over. those were frustrating situations for the driver. gerri: we have a long way to go on this one. david, thank you for coming on. >> my pleasure. gerri: well, from diseases to dangerous driving we thought it was high time to bring you some good news and if you filled up the gas tank recently you know all about it. gas prices are near the lowest levels of the year and they are dropping, fast. nationally the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.28 but someplaces are seeing prices around 2.57. in fact, 10% of the country is seeing gas below three bucks a gallon. last year only 3% were so lucky. why? usual fall drop as suppliers switch to cheaper winter blend but there is also record supplies of crude oil, sending oil prices plunging as well. the good news doesn't end there. the energy department sa

i will say siri is better in the update. can push the button and talk into the car, but it doesn't hear you clearly or something and it requires a lot of effort. >> i think it is safer just to put it away. keep the distractions at bay. >>> we'll go live now to meteorologist chuck bell in springfield with the storm team 4x4. good morning. >> reporter: it's a beautiful morning outside. a little on the cool said with a noticeable breeze here at the franconia-springfield metro station. it was sprinkling earlier on my way to work. stay ahead of the weather by downloading your storm team 4 weather app that is absolutely free. on the radar, we have a couple showers out there from earlier today. but it's a dry start for the morning commute. but have your umbrella with you with another chance for rain later on this afternoon. temperatures this morning are about 15 degrees warmer now than we were at the same time yesterday morning. so still cool enough for a light jacket, but it will be a mild afternoon with a fair amount of sunshine

market into apple. >> siry can basically answer anything. shazam? >> i thought about that. and when you shazam through siry it's there and applicable and you can always shazam to get more. so we think it will be great through siri and when they want the full experience and want to get the lyrics and artist, they will come through the app. >> in a perfect world i will have a facial recognition shazam. how far away is it? >> everything we do today is done through the microphone and using the microphone or luetooth threw dr. through ibeacons, but sunday there probably will be facial rec nation some day. but not some time soon. >> do you know the most shazam artists? >> right now the number one global artist is megan trainor, "all about that bass". >> what's the biggest challenge? >> the scale. we love being a startup that moves really fast so how can we continue to be one of the world's most popular top 20 apps? being able to identify music? and how do we expand it? going into these different verticals? and we're about to launch shazam for radi

. >> if you have an i fon and you are wondering about siri, aaa looked at siri and found that searching social media and apps, without your hands and eyes was more distracting than any of those incar activation systems. they say they have products that aaa did not test that minimizes the distractions. but maybe use common sense and save texting and web surfing for when the car is in park. >>> one of the philadelphia's finest went undercover, detective joe murray, known on social media as ppd joe murray, he took over the twitter account of federal donuts, asking people to stop in and say hello. and i mean this, hi, are you close by, don't make me come with s.w.a.t. to get you. and while it was all in good fun, these two donuts got the raw end of the deal. if you are not following ppd joe murray on twitter you are missing out on something special. >> a great sense of humaner. >> you got to love that. >>> a couple of showers in the area, looking at sky 6 hd right now with philadelphia and camden in the shot, a lot of clouds upstairs but a little bit of blue hoping up above the ben franklin

. >> he's a badass dude, traveling the world, auto biographical video siris about a guy who saw a lot of bad things and wants to see the world in a positive light. >> after the summit i was left thinking, where's all of the good news? i made a commitment to myself, i'm going to find it. >> check it out online, rightthisminute.com. you want to see the entire episode, it's super fascinating. >>> a driver decides to avoid traffic by cruising in the far lane. >> a green light right ahead. he's like -- >> see why na plan backfires big time. >> and this boy who is definitely not a fan of the car wash. aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa!! [popping & fizzing sounds] susupppporort t bobothth m mens and phphysysicicalal e enenergrgy . prprououd d spspononsosor r ofo. >>> somebody's driving along in what looks like the bus lane new york other traffic in the lane. they're being a little we're beating everybody. there's a green light right ahead, no problem, i'm going straight through the green light. >> tore it up. >> hit the brakes, bro. why was that jeep coming through in. >> they left the junction open, but

. >> and siri may not be your friend when you're behind wheel.ome new information shows those voice-activated systems can make your driving worse. ,,,,,, insurance companies are spending millions of dollars trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. save money and save lives. yes on 46. its airtankers crash >>> i want to update you on our breaking story out of yosemite national park. cal fire is now confirming that one of its air tankers has crashed while fighting a wildfire there. rescue personnel are working their way through very rough terrain to try to get to the crash site. cal fire lost contact with the plane just after 4 p.m. it was being dispatched to fight a new fire near yosemite's arch rock entrance. it's an f2t tanker twin engine tu

really have a conversation, like the movie, as to posed to siri. but i don't know that that should be our holy grail. i like what google is doing which is making machines more intimate with us, what apple is doing with the watch. the holy grail should make a partnership with humans and machines. >> charlie: the interesting thing is the people running the companies, especially google, those guys are scientists, those guys are engineers, those guys are people. >> that was one of things steve said to me when the marketing or finance people take over the country, it no longer innovates. he was criticizing microsoft and steve ballmer at the time. larry page says it and i quote it in the book in my interview with him, he says the reason we can innovative is that our engineers and product people run the company. that's one of 30 rules i extract from the book is make sure product people run the company. that's even true at amazon. you know, tim cook was more of a manager, but he really has good product people around him. >> charlie: and is able to create t

at least that's what siri told me to say.laughter) every day, we bury our heads in our phones, desperate to download every terabyte of information in the world, and the only price we pay is missing the world around us. wow, that's pretty deep -- i should tweet that. but luckily, there's a new app designed to help you screen your screen time. >> need a realty check on how many times a day you check your phone? there's a new app for that called checky. it will show you how many times you check the phone! >> stephen: yes, checky. it beats the previous way to tell if you were checking your phone too much -- walking into a mall fountain. (laughter) (applause) >> stephen: caught me off-guard there. checky is a worthy successor to my previous favorite app for limiting phone usage, "battery." (laughter) i installed checky today on the new phone, and i gotta admit, i have been checking my phone a lot today, to make sure everyone sees me checking my new phone a lot today. in fact -- i'm already up to 65 checks. actually, i better check

. >>> plus does siri stress you out while driving how wireless technology could be causing more problems behind the wheel. that is coming up. >>> we are's all back here singing waiting for this song all morning, look outside if you can everyone a total lunar eclipse is underway not of the heart but pretty soon moon will change to a red glow, coming up at 6:45, promptly, chief astronomer derrick pits will join us live to talk about this very rare event. it was art that brought us and it's working its magic once. here it means more than lines or pictures on a page. it's a way of life. it's music and color. the more we give in to the magic of this place, the more we'd like to stay. oaxaca. live it to believe it. >>> this moon is fascinating out there this morning. >> where is it. >> there it is. >> step out of the way, and then you can see it. it is about, ten or 15 minutes away we see total eclipse taking effect. earth's shadow is cast over moon and that is why it is disappearing but it ace full moon but you cannot see that but shadow is taking oer from the earth as the sun starts to lift

the study also says apple's siri, found that siri generate ad frustration and distraction level of fouras the highest level of mental distraction detected in all the devices tested so be careful, folks. liz: distraction sometimes comes from phones, doesn't it? >>> speak of phones, samsung the word's largest phone-maker by shipment, is warning, again, that its third quarter operating profit tumbled about 60% from last year. 6, zero, percent. that would mark the fourth consecutive decline in operating profits of the what does the future of samsung look like, especially superimposed with apple rollout of iphone 6? can samsung make a come back in with the rivals? we have mark spoonour. and lawrence lundy. frost and sullivan consultant. i get to mark first. what happened? samsung got beaten at its own game with the big screen and galaxy phone? >> i think part of it all pent-up demand from bigger screen for apple. a lot of people are waiting for what samsung has been giving its crowd so long. a lot of it is changing ecosystems. people like itunes and everything that goes along with it, icloud

, but they say that the study found no correlation to increased crash risk and aaa looked at apple siri and that surfing and apps on social media was even more distracting than any other the auto system. >> reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >>> well, if you take a trip to the jersey shore today your journey on the atlantic city expressway will be cheaper, starting today and every tuesday, tolls are waived at egg harbor and pleasantville plaza. it's a new campaign to encourage people to head to the shore during the week. >>> now lets go with matt pellman in the traffic center. in many spots, yes indeed. some activity on the expressway, now the speeds are back up to pace, enjoy the eastbound ride with the toll free conditions, meanwhile a crash in middletown township along 352 at pen way, with the normal southbound slowing on 95 and northbound slow on the blue route 276, and new gardidn't chester county, a wreck closing newark road and outside on the schuylkill expressway, a typical eastbound backup here in king of prussia from 202 to the conshohocken curv

tiene una tarea difÍcil pero no imposible es que desde 1969, ha ganado 16 de 19 siries mundiales.a dos. Éstas son las declaraciones de los gigantes de san francisco luego del partido. >>ellos hicieron un buen trabajo y nosotros tambiÉn. >> cÓmo se revierte esto? >> jugando de la mejor manera. >> bateo oportuno, y con buen pitcheo. >> mÁs adelante, gregor blanco nos dicen porque los gigantes de san francisco perdiÓ en este encuentro. ademÁs mostraremos la fotografÍa que nos enviÓ. >> nos vemos en un rato y los reales de kansas city terminÓ la fiesta a los reales esta noche al derrotarlos en el partido de la serie, sin embargo algo que no se ha visto estropeada en la economÍa. que se benefician de ellas a esto. >> muy buenas noches. desafortunadamente hoy no fue un buen dÍa para los gigantes. sin embargÓ la economÍa de esta ciudad, se estÁ viendo beneficiada con arresto de la serie mundial del bÉisbol. >> Éste hombre y si, dejaron seis horas desde santa bÁrbara para tratar de ver a los gigantes en el tercer partido de la serie mundial. un sueÑo que seguirÁ sin cubierto por una simpl

. >> one more chance to enjoy the world siris and tomorrow we'll take it. >> we flew it out here, me and my best buddy. a phenomenal day. k.c. are great people. >> we love you. >> giants are the champions, baby! >> you don't see that camaraderie between teams. >> we love you, man. >> check stub hub, tickets for game seven are pricey, $590 for standing room only. >> taking the hill, hudson, spent 16 seasons waiting for a chance to play in the world series. tonight a chance to win it all. bruce bochy gave hudson the nod over bumgardner but says he'll be an option out of the bull pen. giants fans not in kansas city will be gathering together too see how their team pitch the world series. >> mad bum is the ace. we have ours, bob redell, live at civic center plaza. thousands of people will show up to watch the game for the second day in a row. good morning. >> good morning. yes, on the big screen set up in front of the orange lit city hall behind me here in the civic center in san francisco, it's just that tonight fans are hoping they have something to celebrate afterwards. clearly not th

well, aaa found that the apple's siri has the worst overall rating, while chevrolet's miley received the worst rating for infotainment systems. they say when a driver's workload has to go up, so does the level of distraction. >> well, i think one of the things that is a little troublesome is the fact that a lot of times, we don't realize just how distracting that technology may be. >> the good news for consumers is that it's possible to design hands-free technologies that are less distracting, and that's something that aaa is urging manufacturers to do now. >>> a new penndot program could use traffic congestion throughout pennsylvania. it's called green light go. penndot says it will use money from gasoline taxes and drivers fees to upgrade traffic lights on busy roads. the money is being set aside for state-owned roads that handle at least 10,000 vehicles a day. >>> pay the toll. that's what truckers say delaware officials want them to do on roads marked for local deliveries only. del dot wants funding for more police enforcement of truck tolls after seeing a drop of toll collection

siri started as a project. that was groundwork that we did, and private investment came behind it. >> can you talk to siri and tell it to secure the networks? >> if you could tell it that, you should not sleep easy. >> we are going to go to some audience questions to see what they have on their minds. in general, again, i think when you see how we are going to secure a network, by the end of this year, the u.n. says 3 billion people will be online. because of the internet of things, machines talking to machines, there are 10 billion objects. this is just getting harder and harder to feel we have privacy but also we are not going to be robbed, whether it is trade secrets or credit cards. so what is the big answer? what is the big thing you're looking for? >> unfortunately, there is not is going to be a silver bullet. again, there are pieces of this that we think and become tractable. the internet of things. dod. every one of our military systems has a computer or many computers. we are living the internet of thi

siri received the worst rating. at least twice testing drivers using a driver simulator rear ended another car while they were using that. the parents of an marn hostage being held by isis is speaking out as the terror group gains ground. we'll have the latest on that. plus being decisions on medical marijuana what is expected to change for doctors and patients. >> good morning once again. cloudy skies and a lonesome rain drop or two in washington right now. i'll see you in a few minutes. we'll talk about how long you're going to need your umbrella handy and we'll >>> right now, the d.c. council is set to vote on several bills legalizing marijuana in the district. one bill would allow doctors to prescribe medical pot as they see fit. that measure already has support from all the council members. another bill, though, would allow nonviolent marijuana offenders to have their records sealed. in july there was the decriminalization of pot. police with no longer arrest you for having an ounce or less of pot. you will get

siri and tellk to it to secure the networks? if you could tell is that, you should not sleep easy. >> we are going to go to some audience questions to see what they have on their minds. in general, again, i think when you see how we are going to secure a network, by the end of 3is year, the u.n. says billion people will be online. because of the internet of things, machines talking to machines, there are 10 billion objects. this is just getting harder and harder to feel we have privacy but also we are not going to be robbed, whether it is trade secrets or credit cards. so, what is the big answer? what is the big thing you're looking for? >> unfortunately, there is not is going to be a silver bullet. again, there are pieces of this that we think and become tractable. the internet of things. dod. our military systems has a computer or many computers. we are living the internet of things with these embedded systems. one of our programs is finding ways to build software that is unhackable for specified security properties. what that

aaa found that apple's siri had the worst rating overall, while chevrolet's my link received the worstfotainment systems. when the workload goes up, so does his or her level of distraction. >> i think one of the things that is troublesome is the fact that we don't realize how distracting that technology may be. >> good news for consumers is, it's possible to design hands-free technology that's less distract. it's something that aaa is urging manufacturers to do. >>> now your nbc 10ç first ale weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, we have a stormy night ahead across much of the area, a couple of light showers this afternoon. but that's nothing compared to what's coming tonight. it's very, very light in most cases. the thunderstorms come tonight, generally after 8:00 or 9:00. it's going to be a wind wednesday. we'll be seeing a lot of wind gusts. you can see, we're looking west. way in the distance it's getting brighter. that's a sign that the first little batch of moisture is moving out. 69 degrees. that cloud cover and rain, of course helps keep the tem

and we were playing with dom which is better than siri. and i wanted to know why you needed a voice app because it's almost impossible to make a mistake that lets you put into your pc or your cell phone. >> we think that is where technology is going to go. the days of the thumbing orders into a small screen i think are going to go come to a close eventually. five or ten years, voice is the way people are going to do business. even out there advertising. you talk about us as a stealth tech play. we're trying not to be stealth and we're actually out there talking about the technology and the way you can access it. and it works really well. >> i was shocked international is so much tech all of a sudden. they really caught up. >> we some markets at markets are 60% now or almost 60% of orders are digital. on average it is a little behind the u.s. but overall a big opportunity there. and in fact there are fewer people out there really using the technology for ordering like in the u.s. so that should be a great runway as well. >> just to be sure.

. >> siri just started yelling? >> you get in that position -- crap, you know what? my face time is going off, too. just called my brother. hey, scott, how are you doing, man? can you see me? can you see what i'm doing? >> no, can you hear me? >> i can hear you fine, don't say anything crazy, you're on national television. hey, scott, i'm going to hang up, man, this is too weird. >> yeah, i'm just trying to figure out what you might be doing there. >> i'm trying to start a fire in the middle of nowhere with a guy and we're making a show. it is so weird. unforgivable. all right, so this was here. [ bleep ]. >> yeah, and a cross like that -- >> man, i have done everything wrong today. yeah -- >> remember the angle. >> here, let me tie up your string a little bit, it is a little loose. >> this is the fake shot in everybody sur vooifvivasurvivaln fire. i would say 999 out of a thousand -- nine out of ten. >> see, this should would be so much more exciting right now if we actually had fear, but we don't. >> is this thing still on? >> yeah, that is the phone. >> how do you

. >> aaa found this, is interesting, if you use siri to send text and social media, even if it's handsree on the road, that was even more distracting than any of those in-car systems. apple says they have products that offer minimized distraction products that they did not test. >> just drive safely. >> the nba preseason got underway and a young basketball fan joined the lineup of his favorite team. >> 5-year-old jp gibson joined the court with the utah jazz on a one day contract. warming up with players three and four times his size, it did not tim date jp, he is battling a lot of with leukemia, and this made his dream a reality. >> to see him go out on the court with the jazz, there aren't words to express. we are so grateful. >> jp's dad says his son all had a natural interest in sports, so the one-day contract was a dream come true. >> so cute. >> a great story. >>> still ahead on "action news" at noon, why going out to eat doesn't mean have you to ruin your diet. why are you looking at me? that story and >>> health check this noon, show that restaurants are serving up healthier op

. >> since it was integrated into siri, how much as your volume gone up?u have a bead on that? >> i can't disclose actual numbers but we lunchd in partnership with apple and we're thrilled with the results so far. and it is meeting expectations for sure. >> you raised 20 million dollars earlier this year. we asked if an ipo was in the cards but the market's gotten a little more volatile since thn. is that still something shazam is eyeing. >> we're working to build the best company we can. continuing to grow users. just crossed over a 100 million active users. the content. and really build the best business we can. so if we choose it in the future that will be available. in the meantime we have great investors. and they are very supportive of the company and its strategy. >> we'll keep watching you guys. enjoy the rest of the conference. >> we'll co-continue to monitor the rally. the dow is up almost 1%. the s&p up 1.5%. rick santelli, what are you watching today? >> we're going to be digging even deeper. can the fed truly by tweaking by-products of growth

siri? >> jimmy: no, i did not say that. >> like, suri?easure. no, not pleasure. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: just -- suri. [ laughter ] >> jones? [ audience ohs ] >> emma: my gosh! >> steve: emma. your turn. two points. for two points. >> that's ridiculous. >> emma: can i do sounds like? >> i really hope i know it. >> jimmy: i hope you know this. >> i think i got it, yeah. >> i hate this. >> jimmy: he's got it. >> steve: he's got it. just say anything. >> emma: tom. >> cruise? >> emma: thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: two points! oh, my god! ♪ >> jimmy: i'm terribly sorry. >> that's confusing. >> jimmy: i confused you. i confused you. i'm sorry. >> all right. i get it now, okay. >> jimmy: oh, gosh. sorry. >> announcer: the password is -- >> steve: okay. michael, you begin. >> i start? >> jimmy: michael, you going to go first. >> steve: michael's turn. michael's going to go first. >> geek. >> emma: computer. >> steve: oh! so close. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you have to say one word. [ laughter ] >> sheldon. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: nerd? >>

. >> here with the very latest on the fight against ebola is fox's own jonathan siri sanding by tonight in atlanta. jonathan. >> sean, amber vincent, that second dallas health care worker who became ill with ebola will be transported to emory university hospital here in atlanta. there she's going to be treated in the same isolation unit that successfully treated two ebola infected missionaries over the summer. kent brantley and nancy writebol. a third unnamed patient is still undergoing treatment but expected to be discharged in the very near future. the first health care worker to become ill with ebola in dallas also appears to be improving. so for now shall remain where she is at texas health prbs teern hospital. although it's still unclear exactly how the dallas health workers became infected while caring for ebola patient thomas duncan, cdc investigators have been looking at the way medical workers around the world are putting on their protective gear, perhaps more importantly how they take it off. apparently some of the hospital workers in texas were wearing three or four layers of

. >> triple-a also listed apple's siri and found sending texts and surfing social media without hands or eyes was more distracting than the in car voice activation systems. apple told abc news it has products triple-a did not test that offer minimized distraction. from northwest, karen travers, abc 7 news. >> our question of the day today, what do you feel is your biggest distraction while driving? go to our abc 7 facebook page to weigh in and see what other drivers have the most problems with, too. kai jackson will be back later in the newscast with some of your answers. >> alison, we have this breaking news right now and it involves the dow jones this afternoon. it just closed and is down 274 points. investors say selling off u.s. stocks is to blame for the dramatic drop as they are having renewed concerns about the global economy. today's drop is the lowest since the middle of august. >> coming up right here tonight, how much will it cost you to heat your house this winter? we'll have some predictions. >> plus a school bus stolen in maryland. see where authorities found it today. >

. >> reporter: aaa also looked at apple's siri and found sending text and surfing social media without or eyes is even more distracting than the in-car voice activation systems. apple said it has products that were not tested that offer minimal distraction. karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> there are steering problems in nearly one million ford vehicles. >> michael finney, we understand the national highway traffic safety administration received more than 500 complaints. >> yeah, they did. actually, 508 complaints about loss of power steering in the 2010-2012 ford fusion, mercury milan and lincoln mkz vehicles. the problem was blamed on several -- problem is blamed on several crashes and some believe it's traced to failures in the electric power assisted steering system. some motorists say they were able to correct the problem by shutting down the engine and turning it back on but others complain the problem continued even after they did that. ford warned of a potential problem in its power steering system in a report it filed with regulators. >>> the oakland based center for en