tim mak is a staff writer for "politico." >> senator kerrey will be nominated to be the next secretary of state. i went to get the first reaction to this and whether you think he is a better nominee than susan rice. >> i think in the world of john kerry -- i supported him for president. why wouldn't i support him for secretary of state? he is knowledgeable of foreign policy. he has chair the foreign relations committee in the senate, knows all the issues. he understands the politics. he understands the electoral politics as well. i think it is an excellent choice. i think he will be very good secretary of state. susan rice withdrew from the nomination. i do not think it is fair to compare it the two. i think john kerry will be an excellent secretary. >> what you think it is not fair to compare the two? >> the rumor was that she was his first choice, but we do not really know if that is the truth. we've got to compare john kerry with john kerry, not with somebody else. >> what do you think his biggest hurdle will be in his upcoming confirmation hearings? >> i do not think will have much

meantime everyone is still talking about tim cook's comments in an interview with brian william, he says his company plans to produce one of its exciting lines of mak executers in the united states next year. >> there are skills that have left the u.s. not necessarily education, but stopped producing that. >> how do we get that back is this. >> it's a converted effort to get them back. and with this project that i've talked about are we do a mac in the united states next year, i think this is another good step for us. >> software sales declining by 11% from last year, still better than 13% drop analysts had been expecting. hardware sales were down 13% while accessories dropped by 8%. >> and the john mcafee saga continues to unfold. the software guru is now back in a detention center in guatemala. he was taken to a hospital yesterday for what his lawyer described as two mild heart attacks. mcafee's attorney says his client suffers from anxiety and hypertension. the software pay near is being held by guatemalan authorities for entering the country illegally from belize. he fled belize after authority wanted to question him about the death of one of h