Learned that its renue returned growth, reassuring those shareholders concerned that theslowdown in sales of its flagship iphone was going to hurt other thi cs. Thpany also reported better than expected profits and issued solid guidance. A there wa noticeable improvement in its operations in china and it posted record revenue for itservices business. Apples results, of course, are widely followed given its status one of the worlds Biggest Companies and its shares are held in most mutual funds and retirements. Accou tonight the stock rose in initial after hours trading. Josh lipton starts us off tonight from apples headquarters in cupertino, california. Reporter app today sel a range of products and services from the watch to music streaming but its bread and butter remains the iphone. Iphone revenue in the quarter came in at 26 billion, that was roughly in line with what wall street was looking for. That was down 12 , but it is an improvement from their prior quarter. Remember in q2 ip
with exactly one week to go before the midterm elections, candidates are pulling out all the stunts. one hopeful, ironically a democrat, even took aim at the president telling him to take his endorsement and shove it. incomes s tracie potts is in washington with more. tracie, good morning. reporter: lynn, good morning. president obama is just back from rhode island where he participated in some campaign events, a rally, he was there to raise money for democratic senate and house candidates. he took some heat from what he did not do. president obama campaigned in rhode island but failed to support a candidate for governor running against an independent who supported obama in 08. he take the endorsement and shove it. we re just in the first quarter. reporter: 6.5 million voters cast ball knits 25 states including washington where michelle obama tried to light a fire under the party. if you think someone is sitting out, you ve got shake them. tell them, they can t s