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The tsa has a big pr mess on their hands now. i think that there are going to have to be some apologies and some things made very clear to the public. and the tsa is distancing himself, saying that these are optioning, that you can opt for a patdown. a lot of people don't want a pat down search. this was supposed to be an alternative to that. >> carolyn mccarthy of cnet.com. former dnc chairman howard dean is taking his skepticism of his individual mandate for health care to another level, you might say. the former vermont governor argued that there are other ways to provide health care cove...

Journal" report saying engineers for apple warned the company this problem existed. >> yes, absolutely. he said some of those reports are, quote, in his words, total crock. he said a lot of misinformation is getting out there. but he acknowledges that they knew about this problem, but they just which you could it up to, well, it's a problem that all smart phones have, so they didn't think it was a big deal. >> gina kim live for us, thank you so much. lots bre in david, executive editor of cnet.com. so help us understand here, david, is this a big deal or not? steve jobs says only 1 in 200 user...

Consumer product experts say that's probably not going to be the announcement this morning. apparently these dropped call problems are happening with only a small batch of these new iphone 4s. what we do expect is some sort of fix and it could be, tamron, as simple or easy as one of those rubber bumpers being issued to all the new iphone 4 users. certainly, this is a huge embarrassment for a company that has an impeccable, almost perfect reputation among so many people. if they issue an apology this morning, that will certainly be unprecedented. >> all right, gina kim live for us at the headqu...

Skimming boats way out there. here in pensacola, it looks like they will be fine at the end of this one. the conditions here have changed. the winds and the currents are now moving this oil to the east further toward communities like panama city. we have a crew heading over there today to get a better sense of what they see there. >> peter alexander, we'll keep checking in with you this morning. thank you. the new iphone 4 hits store shelves. preorder overload for the new model caused the website to crash but not before eager customers made 600,000 purchases. joining me now is caroline murph...

Back on track. so the new iphone, it hasn't even hit the store shelves yet. apples already sold 600,000 of the babies. all those purchases came on the first day of preorder sales for the iphone 4 making it apples largest preorder volume ever. the official launch of the new model isn't even until thursday. joining me now is caroline mccarthy, reporter for cnet.com. explain. ten times more advanced orders than in previous incarnations of the iphone. correct? >> yeah. absolutely. i think there was especially since the hype over this iphone was just so much more than of the other ones in the pas...