apple. he's proud of the fact that you can fit all of apple's products on one board room table. it's what you leave out, not what you put in. if jobs doesn't come back or doesn't come back quickly, will apple be able to make those very sharp decisions about what to leave out and will it continue to have the vision and the charismatic leadership to retain some of the very, very talented employees who stick behind steve jobs. that's what folks are wondering, brian. >> what a powerful consumer brand and our thanks to jon fortt who covers the tech sector for cnbc. i'm sure we'll be talking about this topic again. for the first time tonight we're hearing directly from vice president dick cheney about his health and about the pump that is helping his heart beat, doing some of the work his heart can no longer do on its own to sustain his life. in an exclusive interview this afternoon, the vice president, who as we have seep recently, has lost quite a bit of weight, showed us the device and explained how it works.