launching its own tablet computer aimed at children, it will be in stores late october and will be called tabio. >> and it features a seven inch screen, wi-fi, and 50 preloaded kid friendly apps. there is extra internet safety controls so parents can protect their children and there is a soft bumper to protect if it's dropped. it runs on google an droid operating system. known as ice cream sandwich. the average price for a gal yochb gas jumped eight cents over two weeks and that is putting the price at $3:84 in california lowest average price $4.05 out of bakersfield. san francisco, the highest of $4.19. average state wide, $4:13. and do look happy as a new car lot? august was a great month with sales tracker and data that is reporting sales jumped. sales up more than 10% if a year ago. ford reporting a 12.6% raise. and there is h.that is pretty good. >> and you may have seen today there is her first guest, jessica simpson, cheryl skro took time off to make a special aappearance. and she performs katie's theme song saying writing the song was no easy task. >> i'm thinking how do i write a song

tabio uses amazon's software and comes preloaded with 50 apps, including angry birds.oys 'r us has created an app store with 7,000 titles. and parents will be able to control the websites their kids visit. >> thank you. >>> amazon, we talk about them changing course, it will now allow users to turn off built-in ads in the new amazon kindles for a small fee. originally, the company wasn't going to let consumers avoid the ads. but customers complained, and amazon changed its policies. you can turn off the ads for a $15 fee. >>> it may pay to get your haircut on sundays. jcpenney is making its free haircut for kids permanent. it started when kids went back to school. jcpenney said 1.5 million kids received free hair cuts in august. >>> talk about a close encounter with mother nature. >> visitors got up close and personal with wildlife at yellowstone national park. a group of kids walked a trail when they came across a bison. the guy shooting the video here encouraged the kids to make -- told them to make friends with the bison. and the animal wouldn't have it apparently.

the folks over at toys r us unveils a tablet which they are calling the tabio. there's a children's technology developer that says, hey, that looks like our knobby. both products are wi-fi enabled, both have a soft protective frame. now you've got apple and samsung. now you've got toys r us and -- but you're not anybody unless you're being sued for patents these days. >> i want to make sure, it's the knobby that's suing the tabio? >> reporter: yeah. that's what everybody wants for christmas. >>> you know, i have one of these kid's tablets here. these are not -- these are interesting, but i suspect these are not going to be a big deal this christmas because, jon and laura, there's so many older ipads out there. lots of parents that have said i want to move up and passed those down, there's kind of a glut of tablets that kids can be using. >> that's true. >> and it proves how durable the real ipads are because our kids throw them at the walls and they're still holding up. trust me, always dancing out of harm's way. >> kids have their own. it's interesting. >> but

. >>> today toys r us announced it's launching its own tablet called tabio littered with child friendly apps. parents will be able to customize age limit controls, to hit store shelves in october. >>> what a day. >> well, yes, absolutely. i thought you were going to say wow, tablet for kid, but that's coming, too isn't -- kids, but that's coming, too isn't it? >> today is unbelievable, just spectacular. this is one of the hottest summers we've ever had, so it's nice to feel temperatures that we haven't felt since early june. >> get out, walk around. >> yeah. tonight cool, nice blue sky, puffy fair weather clouds and a little cooling breeze out of the northwest. the air is really dry and that means temperatures will be able to tank quickly once the sun goes down about 7:25 or so. get ready because it will be a cool 1 tonight. in fact, i thought i would show you the satellite and radar picture tonight because wow, we have really had just a couple fair weather clouds around, but high pressure centered over indiana and ohio is really going to dominate the weather. you can see the few clouds

it plans to launch its own tablet computer aimed at children called tabio. it comes with 50 preinstalled apps and they're personally selected by toys 'r' us for children. it's going to sell for about $150 and will be on the market just in time for the holidays. it will be interesting to see how the market responds to this since there are so many other options. but this one you know your kids aren't going to get in trouble when they're on this because it's designed for children. >> watching an 18-month-old the other day grabbing for her ipad. it's amazing. >> the swipe is intuitive to them. >> my 7-year-old has taught my 73-year-old mother how to use it. >> well done. >> next, online banking. >>> there's a growing public health issue affecting millions of people every year and it's still a taboo subject. >> we'll hear from u.s. surgeon general about the government's efforts to reduce suicides in america. 9news now returns in two minutes. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it is 4:46 on this institution morning. -- this tuesday morning. i'm a little

cringe at the thought of -- cringe at the thought of letting your child play with your pricey ipad a tabios available for under 150 dollars at toys r us featuring a 7 inch screen and wi-fi connection and it's 50 free loaded kid friendly apps. so this tablet features also a soft bumper to protect it if it is dropped and extra internet safety controls. it's available online and will be in the stores starting next month. >>> we have been rooting for him. the 17-year-old who was shot on the first day of school. he is home this morning. we will tell you what he is looking forward to and now he is home. >>> and college kids and credit cards is is an easy trap to fall into. what your kid should know before they head off to class with the classmates. >>> and temperatures are in the 40s and 50s this morning. i will tell you when they get more seasonable levels coming up. anncr: this casino's in west virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in maryland. creat

among the companies expected to make it the biggest splash, on the tax front are the wii u and the tabioids. >> we have an interesting 70 forecast to show you temperatures expected to really drop this weekend 58 for the high temperature on saturday and notice we have storm's coming in the area friday that is the beginning of the weather change saturday in sunday's temperatures will work to 70 by monday as warmer air once again pushes into the area and then wednesday, more storms come in as another push to coal there is expected later next week. the space shuttle has landed in houston retired space craft road piggyback on top of nasa's shuttle carrier aircraft. it stopped in houston this afternoon for refueling before heading to l.a. it will be on exhibit at the california science center. our first look at the newest addition to jay calder's family, take a look. it'sjake color noticed how big his son's feet and hands were and said he will most certainly be able to hold a football. excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. whoa

the tabio. costs $150. and will only be available at toys "r" us stores. it uses google android software and comes free loaded with 50 game apps including angry birds. back to you, keith. never too soon to start creating little consumers out there. >> that wasn't available when i wallace a kid, that's for sure. thanks for stopping by. >>> if you buy just one item this season, you may want to go with a piece that pops this fall in the new hue. that's red. jennifer of fashion washington join us this morning with some examples. >> i had to break it out, it's fall now. >> red is the color. democrats pushing red because that's -- blue will have to -- >> i think red is a bipartisan color. one of the reasons it returns is it's so pretty on everyone. it's a head to toe red look. >> there are different shades of red. the nancy reagan red? >> who knows? but i think we're talking everything from a classic red like this to a color we're seeing all over on fashion week. >> let's see examples of what you're talking about. what do we got first? i know you brought some pi

the retailer revealed plans to sell the tablet called the tabio for children.ys it closely resembles its own device called the knobby. both products are wi-fi enabled and have a soft protective frame around them. meantime, toys 'r us is getting ready for the holidays full-time. they announced plans to hire 45,000 holiday workers this holiday season. >>> apple is involved in a massive patent lawsuit. still they sold a bunch of iphone 5s. you may have heard about that. apple announced the iphone 5 sold out. more than 5 million phones picked up the first three days of the sale over the weekend. that compares to 4 million iphone 4s units sold during its premiere weekend last year. some analysts are worried. they thought there would be bigger numbers. some expected them to sell 8 million or more of the new device. apple shares actually down 1% yesterday after they made the announcement. one of the things that people said a lot of the preordered phones haven't yet arrived, like mine, for example. my carrier, you know who you are. i don't even have a delivery date yet

the tabio is priced at just under $150. seven-inch screen, wi-fi connections, friendly apps and a soft bumper to protect it if it's dropped. it will be in stores october 21. i need the soft bumper on everything i own. >> to protect it when it is dropped because it will be. >> thanks, jess. >>> coming up, a director of a new breast imaging center in our area joins us to preview tomorrow's open house event. >> it does not look like there's going to be a quick settlement to tens of thousands of striking teachers as they march a second day on the streets of chicago. >>> welcome back. 5:38. your weather first. i need more of a jacket than this. it's chilly out this morning. many of us are looking at temps in the 40s. we're still holding on to the mid-50s here in northwest but a very cool morning. it's going to be a great day weather wise. sunrise not until 6:46. we're looking at sunny skies, 72 at noon. north winds at 5. a beautiful afternoon with light winds. high about 78 with a 6:00 p.m. temperature still at 74. get outside a

the tabio costs $149.99 and will be available only at toys 'r us to avoid people from testing it outn the store and buying it cheaper online. it comes preloaded with 50 game apps, including angry birds, my favorite. toys 'r us has created an app store with 7,000 titles. interesting stuff. the title wars continue to heat up. >>> virginia making it a little easier for drivers to pick up an ez pass transponder to pay tolls in the commonwealth and other states. they can get it at aaa mid-atlantic locations, six wegmann's and 20 giant stores. they plan to announce more locations in central virginia and hampton roads in the fall. >>> yellowstone national park is not a petting zoo, and some curious tourists found that out the hard way when they got a little too close to a bison. a group of kids walked a trail when they came across the bison. the guy shooting the video apparently encouraged the kids to make friends with the animal. >> he knew what he was doing. >> exactly. the bison didn't want anything to do with that. it charged at the kids and sent them running. no one was hurt. otherwise

there's the tabio, retalg for $149.99 and will only be available at toys 'r' us so. can't basically try it out in a store and then purchase it for less on a website like amazon.com. that is basically known as showrooms. they're trying to get rid of the showrooming phenomenon. but while private label products generally have higher margins, toys 'r' us is facing a number of risks here because it's doing its first move into house brand electronics and there is quite a bit of competition in this field out there. >> just days after unveiling its new kindl fire, amazon is offering an advertising-free version, but it's going to cost you. >> it is going to cost you. they said they're going to allow purchase of the new kindle fire to pay $15 extra to turn off the annoying ads that are already built into the devices. this comes just barely a day after amazon -- you might remember late last week, unveiled the larger kindle fire tablets to challenge the ipad on price. they said the tablets would come with ads or special offers, but there was a lot of criticism of that and a lot