gregg: all right. there are new concerns over banking on your phone. it s easy to do. it s catching on fast. google and other companies are even introducing a new product called digital wallets to bring mobile banking into the mainstream. you can bet on line hackers will be there to look at your wallets like a regular pickpocketer were. how can you keep it protected? author of the book don t buy the bull , good to see you again, cassandra. this is how it works. your smart phone, you go to the checkout counter at a store and you want to buy something. you just pass your smartphone in front of a sensor and boom, it s purchased for you. but there are hazards to this. what are they? it is amazing technology, that s for sure. there are hazards from a privacy perspective that everybody needs to be aware of. first and foremost, if it was me, i could not be using it.
angeling will not be flying. i ll tell you why. head out for holiday shopping. pretty soon you may be able to leave your wallet at home as long as you have a smartphone with you. and sarah palin, is she about to go for a run for president of the united states? she s certainly making herself a lot more visible these days. almost a week after a tornado tore a half mile path through joplin, missouri, they re still searching for the missing. here s the information on the latest. in one of the most deadly tornadoes in the country. 156 people are unaccounted for as of this morning. the number of dead stands at 132, with more than 1,000 injured. we expect an update on the number of missing and hurt at 11:00 eastern time. more than 2,500 people have applied for federal disaster assistance. fema has approved a $2.8 million grants and aid. president obama will be in joplin tomorrow to meet with officials and survivors. the president is sure to hear some of the gripping stories of
president s remarks? you re not a critic. you acknowledge it every day you re playing hardball with what everyone says. the president said the media was distracted. what do you have to say to his comments? a big story because so many americans bought into it. the fact that donald trump, with no evidence the only evidence was the globe saying there was a missing i looked at the may 3rd issue, just out on the stands that the president s birth certificate doesn t exist and donald trump is driving the president crazy and he s going to expose him. this is the level in which trump is operating. the tabloids you get at the supermarket and safeway, the checkout counter. this is the level the story s been percolating. however, the other republicans, except one guy who had the manliness to say, there s nothing to it, i have to say, is mitt romney. he has said there s nothing to this. it s so hard to go into a group of republicans and say, this birtherism issue is crap. just say it on the l
one says it will have a metal backing and the screen larger. and near field communication chips allowing you to use your phone as a debit card to make payments at the checkout counter. that would be interesting. wouldn t that? various reports indicate iphone 5 comes out sometime in july. japan s road to recovery, an uphill battle, especially for many businesses. putting the economic loss at $170 billion. experts say the actual loss to be much more. all of this taking place during a recession-hit economy. how is this trntlating for companies in japan and the american consumer? joining me now, vera gibbons. given the crisis in japan overall, should consumers expect supply shortages leading to higher prices all around? as far as electronics, yes. major disruptions to supply on that end. japan is a major producer of memory chips, for example. using smartphones, tablets. you can definitely expect supply
from recruiters now, based on my resume still being poessted. with the job market the way it is, people are starting to make calls and active about hiring. we ll know whether the bet to add extra staff pays off at the checkout counter. maggie lake, cnn, new york. hello, again, i m tony harr harris. top of the hour at the cnn newsroom where anything can happen. here are the people behind today s top stories. severe weather in the northeast has many people trying to dig out. we will get the story of one man trapped in his car for hours. is there anyone out there? we re expecting an announcement later today on the possibility of life in outer space. we will find out just how big a deal it really is. you re online right now. we are, too. the world cup s elections are one of the top stories trending right now. we will get reaction to a couple