Tonight on ABC News, Tim Cook is talking about the ongoing war of words between Apple and the FBI.
The interview, which will air during World News Tonight with David Muir at 6:30 p.m. EST, is Cook's first public interview on the topic since the news broke last week.
ABC has posted two clips from the interview on its website. It says the full interview will be available on ABCNews.com immediately after the broadcast.
When asked by David Muir if he ever considered that breaking into an iPhone could help prevent a terrorist attack, Cook responds by saying, "Some things are hard, and some things are right, and some things are both. This is one of those things."
In a second clip, Cook laments the way the Department of Justice interacted with Apple before filing its order compelling the company to write special software to unlock the phone of the San Bernardino gunman.
"We found out about the filing from the press," Cook says. He added, "I don't think something so important to this country should be handled this way."