crumbling. >>> as a candidate, barack obama harnessed the power of the interpret to reach out to his supporters from flicker, youtube and facebook it was a game changer. so can president obama usher in the era of the white house version 2.0? our carol costello is live for us this morning. it was so funny. they were talking about just the shock that can't send messages and can't logon. >> dark ages technologically in the white house. it is president obama's dream to have this wired white house where he can sit in front of his computer and hear directly from the people. if you think that is a cinch in this technological age, you would be wrong. it's coming. a totally wired white house that will enable president obama to use blogs, wikis and youtube to talk with us. problem is, it won't be easy. >> a lot of people don't realize there are all kinds of object strakles in their way, things that blocked them that didn't block them during the campaign. >> reporter: like a government that want to take obama's blackberry away for security reasons. >> the president has a blackberry. he feels it's a way of keeping in touch with folks, a way of doing it outside instead of stuck in a bubble. >> reporter: and during his campaign, he managed to do that times ten by using the web effectively to reach out to potential voters. problem is, as an obama insider told "the washington post," moving into the white house is like going from an x-box to an atari. the federal government isn't exactly technologically up-to-date. that's not the only issue. posting anything online is dicey. >> let's just say that obama decided that during the health care debates they would put the meeting notes from all of the conversations online. great idea, right? help america understand health care. is there a problem. what if, say, somebody makes an off-colored joke at one of those meetings? then the debate becomes about that joke. >> reporter: like the infamous snowman youtuber did during the primary debates. then there is the issue of control. president obama found that out after he posted his first youtube address online as president-elect. >> to address america's own economic crisis. >> reporter: he garnered online responses like "he is a sheep." which effectily ended any kind of reasoned debate. you got to wonder, would that really be useful? of course, all of these problems can be solved. it's america, right? but it will take time. maybe even a few years. but the president has hired some smart people to get it done. one problem has already been solved. the blackberry problem. there are reports that the president will get a $3,000 smart phone even though it's not made by blackberry but the cool thing about this smart phone, it's spy proof. it's capable of encrypting voice conversations and handling classified documents and, frankly, it's pretty cool. i was hoping we would have a picture up where we could show it to you. the president can still use his blackberry, but he can only send messages to his closest advisers and a few friends, but the smart phone, that is really cool. >> $3,000, i guess we're not buying it any time soon. >> no, not us -- well, actually our tax dollars will be buying it for barack obama. >> i love it. thanks so much, carol. >> sure. >>> breaking this morning a milestone in science in something sure to debate in washington. food a approved the first use of embryonic stem cells in a company in california says it has permission to perform tests