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Campbell's soup company managers announced a $10 million plan to help hungry and obese children today. the plan goes into action in cities where campbell's makes soup. and the final game between two "jeopardy!" champs and an ibm computer airs today. that computer, named watson, trounced the competition yesterday. >> go, humans. finally this half hour, there is a cat burglar on the loose in california and it's been accused in about 600 break-ins. >> victims and authorities aren't too worried about the thief, though, because it really is a cat burglar. a cat. vick lee has more. >> reporter: ...

Campbell's soup company managers announced a $10 million plan to help hungry and obese children today. the plan goes into action in cities where campbell's makes soup. and the final game between two "jeopardy!" champs and an ibm computer airs today. that computer, named watson, trounced the competition yesterday. >> go, humans. finally this half hour, there is a cat burglar on the loose in california and it's been accused in about 600 break-ins. >> victims and authorities aren't too worried about the thief, though, because it really is a cat burglar. a cat. vick lee has more. >> reporter: ...

Jeopardy. we all like to think we're smart. tell me your impressions of watson. is this something -- fine, maybe watson can be competitive in jeopardy. where else can this go? >> well, ibm likes to emphasize the health care aspects of of it. for instance, if you have symptoms you can call up a watson-type machine, tell them the symptoms and they can get possible diagnoses to a doctor. what i'm waiting for, though, is for customer service, like say i call up my cable company and ask them why my cable cuts out every sunday night, i can finally get a straight answer for that now. >> without any a...

In jeopardy. it's also in the "big i." jeopardy is pitching guy versus gadget. a supercomputer named watson finished round one last night tied with one of his had human competitors and ahead of the other. look at this. >> jeopardy, the ibm challenge. >> a split personality. >> who is michael phelps. event horizon. >> yes. >> yes. >> what are the '20s? >> yes. watson. >> what are the 1920s? >> no. ken said that. >> brad? what are the 1910s. >> that puts you into a tie for the lead with brad. >> and live and here to tell us about being tied with a computer, jeopardy contestant brad rudder. he jo...

Are asked that don't work with algorithms. >> right. the one thing they haven't come up with watson is the common sense gene. when one of the practice games there was a question about jamie foxx learning to play the cell low for his role in the sol loist. he rang in and said beethoven. i can see why beethoven is associated with cellists and the common sense says beethoven is dead. he doesn't care about embarrassing himself. >> tonight is the final game of this matchup. where did you think you'd be today? did you think you'd be tied with watson? that watson would win, you'd be ahead? >> i didn'...