well, they don't make pontiacs any more, and tonight we'll show you what has become of pontiac, michigan, where the gm plants there are gone and the city is taking extreme measures to stay afloat, selling everything down to and including the walls. we get our report from nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: in a struggling city synonymous with the american car, a fire sale. >> this building is for sale, the parking lot. >> reporter: today in pontiac, michigan, you can buy the police station, library, golf course, cemetery, even city hall. >> so far, nothing's sold. >> nothing's sold so far. >> this is the great one. >> reporter: in its heyday, the city and the car that bore its name swaggered with the brawn and muscle of the post war boom in america. >> built for you by pontiac, of course. >> reporter: now, the fabled brand is gone and the city barely hanging on is forced to slash and downsize. they don't make things here any more. even the silver dome, home of the 1982 super bowl was unloaded. and since vacant save for the occasional tractor pull. >> we used to be a boom down. >> reporter:

and it's not just pontiac. experts say cities nationwide are just now feeling the harshest effects of the recession. >> 2012 will likely be the worst year that the cities have seen in two or three decades in terms of the collection of revenues. >> reporter: basic services are on the chopping block, detroit's closed its police precincts to the public from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. highland park, michigan, shut off more than 70% of its streetlights to settle a $4 million utility bill. come sundown, whole neighborhoods go dark. this church had to reschedule services. >> if you're driving down the street, you won't even be able to see people walking on the sidewalk or trying to cross the streets. it is very dangerous. >> reporter: analysts say it could be several years before cities like this begin to see brighter financial times. john yang, nbc news, highland park, michigan. >>> when we come back, what's mine is yours and what's yours is mine. a lot of folks come here with some pretty creative ways to get by. let's l

families just a few feet away, they heard detectives testify to a certainty that it was justine's pontiac grand am that crossed the center line. >> here you can see all the debris from the initial impact of the crash. >> slamming into erin's subaru so hard it was driven backward into the highway barrier. and crash reconstructionists agreed. >> justine winter's car encroached into the northbound lane striking mrs. thompson's vehicle. >> but what evidence was there that justine had done it, as the law says, purposefully? investigators pulled the so-called black box out of justine's pontiac, analyzed the data, and found another sign that pointed to suicide. she had taken off her seat belt. the black box also recorded speed, acceleration, and braking and found that justine was accelerating, flooring it so to speak, in the five seconds before the crash, speeding up from 81 to 86 miles an hour before hitting the brakes at the last second. >> she did not swerve. and she drove head-on into that other vehicle. >> to back it up, prosecutors pulled the speedometer from justine's car, there right abo

the suspect was driving a green 1990 pontiac grand am with 20- inch chrome wheels and they are askingnybody with information to call them. >>> a new twist in the san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi, he kept his wife isolated in their home after the alleged abuse on new year's eve. they say it was to keep her from talking to police. prosecutors said she went to a neighbor's house when mirkarimi got into the shower. both deny there was any domestic violence. >>> they are investigating a suspicious letter, it listed arpaio as the sender. arpaio said he received it over the weekend and brought it to work yesterday. part of the maricopa police brought it to work which said, resign or die, sincerely arpaio. authorities say the substance was not objection to six. >>> -- toxic. >>> some accused of school board of racism. doyle park has declining enrollment and faced with 8 million in budget cuts, the school may have to be shuttered. some parents say latino students who have to transfer will suffer the most. >> whether the district cares or not this is a racialish. >> how. there has been whit

the gunman got into a silver pontiac with a woman and drove off. >>> berkeley police are trying to determine if alcohol was a factor in a car crash this morning outside a bank. two cars slammed into each other around 1:00 a.m. at the intersection of san pablo and university avenues. one car then veered off, hit a pole, and clipped the front of a wells fargo bank. witnesses say the driver of the car that hit the bank appeared to be drunk. he was agitate ad had to be restrained by police. >> you could tell he was drunk. he was really drunk. >> he justified out of the car? >> yeah. he was running around going, help, help. it was crazy. they had to strap his arms, everything. >> the woman inside the on car was injured and had to be taken to the hospital. >>> single use plastic bags are now banned at thousands of retailers in san jose including grocery stores. if you ask for a paper bag, that will cost you ten cents. yesterday we found several shoppers skipping the bag decision and they carried the items out of the store and put the loose groceries in their car. some shoppers are annoyed with the

brook the driver slammed head-on into a bmw suv and the crash started a fire and the driver of the pontiac had to be cut from the wreckage. mixed emotions for a tight-knit group, illinois and army national guard soldiers as they were honored for their overseas sacrifice in service while at the same time facing the fact that many of them will never see each other again. in north riverside for the ceremonies... >> with precision and pride the members of the 12 44th say their final good buying is. goodbyes. surgeon to move class go deployed one year after joining the national guard is thankful to be home safely with his family. >> for me was a relief to know they're all going to be home. >> this is the last time as a group we will all be together. >> a purple heart recipient who got permission to bringing to close a long and hard-fought war. they have done extremely well day in and day out. and among those paying tribute hip-hop artist soup. thank you the soldiers of the 12 44th for what you have done. thank you. in north riverside sean lewis a wgn news. glad to be home. get real difference m

barahas a reporter for ktrk in houston and take a look out the window he grabs his iphone, there's a pontiac grand prix being chased by police. what's hanging out of the trunk of that car? >> a washing machine? >> it's a safe. >> oh. >> 30pound safe. ot thet inconspicuous getaway by these guys. it had just been stolen from kevin and lynn keller's home. neighbors saw the guys burglarizing the home. police were on top of the car and a chase started. look up ahead. the guys bailed out in the middle of the highway, jumped over the median and into oncoming traffic to get away. the grand prix wasn't quite up to the job because it wound up catching fire in the middle of the highway. >> where are there flames in the middle of the freeway. >> the three face charges of burglary and evading police. police are not releasing their names to see if they are related to other burglaries in the neighborhood. >> they don't make trunks big like in cars like they used to. >> pretty crazy circumstances and we're all laughing at this, which is okay because they got their safe back. they said our safe is going to b

the gunman got in a silver pontiac with a woman. >>> your time is 4:34. a new law designed to protect people from second hand smoke goes into effect today. it bans smoking in public places. that includes outdoor dining areas around atms, bus stops, and commercial area sidewalks. smoking is also banned in new multiunit housing including on balconies and porches. some people welcome the change, others don't. >> it's crazy. they have bigger fish to fry than people smoking cigarettes out front of businesses like these. >> we respect their smoking privacy. they got to respect our breathing area. >> the ban also covers outdoor work areas and taxis. violators face fines between $100 and $500. air quality officials are calling for another ban of wood burning because of lingering air in the bay area. today marks the second spare the air day in a row and the 12th this winter. it's illegal to burn anything inside or out unless wood burning is your only source of heat. the unhealthy air is bad for people with asthma and other breathing problems. apple is offering a f

we have four of the top ten cities on the most violent crime list for the united states, saginaw, pontiac and detroit and in 2012 we're going to focus on this and resolhi [ applause ] thank you. i'd also like to mention some non-dashboard indicators about our state. first the autome major comebac. last week i was at the north american auto sheen i was proud to sha is still the undisputed auto capital of the world. [ cheers and applause ] the next group i'm going to mention has been too often not talked about, and forgotten, but they're critically important. they've been the unsung heroes of our economy and that's the people in agriculture. over the last decade they've been one of the shining lights for our state, and we need to remember we'ret second most diverse agricultural state in the nation and we're going to continue to grow and do better so i wan dustry. finally tourism is on a positive path. pure michigan is doing well. now we just need more snow. [ laughter ] as an extra note, i'm very excited about dropping the flag on the supe 500 in the next couple of weeks, one of the premier

. >> the hornerable man from pontiac, mr. speaker. abolishing 190 teacher language positions yet again that the conservative government has kemtd for the french language. this closure adds to the long list of attacks against institutions such as the center for excellence in official languages. it's simply illogical. how can this government claim that all citizens will receive services in the official language of their choice if it eliminates teaching in french? >> that's completely untrue, mr. speaker. there were a lot a programs to learn french or english. that is part our responsibilities towards canadians. it's the same case today as there was before, mr. speaker. >> we have continued a liberal government practice of our predecessor to outcourse that kind of language on an excellent base to more people at less cost. >> the honorable member for york west. >> mr. speaker, last week conservatives threatened to pickpocket seniors by raising the old age pension qualifying age. this so-called cost cutting measure was anounsd after they t

four cities in michigan under the control of his republican crony buddies benton harbor a course pontiac in flint and michigan's biggest city detroit is next on the list to be taken over and looted i asked a few michiganders on my show earlier this month what life is like in that state under the financial managers life is horrible this is a state takeover of the city of detroit flint been harbor. does not count it's not in void i mean we voted for our mayor we voted for city council we voted for city commissioners and now our vote doesn't count what's it like to live under tyranny what's it like to live under a dictatorship how about no police officers. how about limited firefighters how about taking streetlights out of cities so that people are in the dark from five pm to roughly about eighteen oh how about living with low morale in despair it's despair and it's come to the united states of america as the york times columnist ross douthat pointed out last year when technocrats began taking over in europe democracy may be nice in theory but in a time of crisis it's the technocrats who re

the gunman got into a silver pontiac with a woman and drove off. martinez is the third young child to dry from gunfire in oakland since august. >>> police are investigating shooting that left two three people injured on new year's. police are called -- were called to 13th and franklin early yesterday morning and found a woman with a gunshot wound to her hand. as they were investigating that, a car drove up with another woman inside. police say the shootings are unrelated. there was also a shooting on linden street street that sent one person to the hospital. >>> the first winter snow survey will be conducted tomorrow morning. but inspectors already pro-- predict it will be a low total. the survey will plake -- will take place at highway 50. the unusually dry december means that snowpack will probably be pretty small. >>> back here at home, fire rues -- fire crews are still putting out hot spots from a big fire in the haight-ashbury district. it started last night on masonic avenue near waller. kraig debro has been out there all morning and he's bac

so far four cities in michigan are under control of these dictators been harbor you course pontiac in foot and now michigan's biggest city detroit might soon be taken over as well a team appointed by governor snyder is as we speak reviewing the financial situation in detroit and weighing whether or not to appoint a financial manager to take over the city so the officials and local union leaders in detroit are scrambling now to prevent their city from being taken over and sold off but this is a decision is expected in february last week tom talked about just how radical governor spenders financial managers are and how there are signs that the mocker see is dying in america. these radical laws coming out of michigan are a huge step backwards for our nation you know in the united states we overthrew corporate rule in seven hundred seventy six the east india company used to base of the iran north america and now michigan is returning to corporal democracy in a republic is the will of the people being exercised through their representatives for rick snyder to say that he can replace the re

the suspect escaped in a green 1990 pontiac grand am with chrome wheels.ny information call police. >>> we are following breaking news where a former elementary school teacher has been arrested, accused of making bond damage photos of nearly 2 dozen children inside a classroom. the los angeles police department arrested mark burns in his home last night. he is accused of committing lewd & lascivious conduct with children and there were photographs with blind folded children with their mouths taped shut. >>> lawrence tells us live from claremont and los angeles county, it involves phony sat scores used for school rankings, good morning lauren. >> reporter: stories like this indicate just how competitive that ranking system is. we are here at claremont college and it is ranked 9th which is a high ranking and just over the last generation it has reached elite status. the dean at admitted to inflating student's grades and sending those inflated grades to publications like u.s. news and world reports. it came out saying this ad minute straight -- this ad minute

the suspect escaped in a pontiac grand am and it also had chrome wheels. if you have any information call palo alto police. >>> polls opened in florida just about an hour ago and the winner of the florida primary gets all of the state's delegates. coming up, we will have a live report with what the latest polls show. >>> both are reporting not to ban legislation to clear the way for final passage of the bill later this week. it will prohibit members of congress from making stock trades based on information they receive in their official capacity and it bands them from tipping off their family members. >> you would think that was already in place. let's check in with sal for a look at traffic this morning. >>> it is a nice time to get on the road and right now you should be out there and traffic looks food. no major problems and if it stays this way, it should be a nice drive. actually we lost the toll plaza and we got up to highway 17 and that traffic is moving along nicely. if you are driving to highway 17, it is still a nice drive. let's go to steve. >>>

to pontiac.t with damaging a thunderstorm win that last night in southern illinois wind gusts up to 50 mi. per hour. goodbye to the snowfall but the wake of fact snow machine is running to the southeast of the late tomorrow. take rainfall in the southeast but out to the west things are starting to change could impact the weather. breaking down during the day tomorrow. wisconsin had the most snow falling in our area. no. the bus west of milwaukee north of los west of milwaukee. kenosha at 1.6 in. at o'hare for tens of an inch of snow fall today. these are wind advisories. host of advisers to the west a weather system cut could come our way. watching this carefully no snow until that chile tomorrow and thursday coldest day by far look at the temperatures overnight single digits in the suburbs teens and the city rising tomorrow and to the twenties but look at what happens coldest air said thursday morning and during the day thursday temperatures stay single digits much of the day. and dropping down

the suspect escaped in a pontiac grand am with 20-inch chrome wheels. if you have any information call palo alto police. >>> they could decide whether to drop wells fargo as its bank. wells fargo is at the heart of the mortgage meltdown and financial crisis. it has banked with wells forgo since 2004 and they have donated to berkeley's non- profit. >>> showing the x factor both paula and nichole, anyway, they are out as judges on the music competition show. they have yet to confirm that paula abdul is gone. a source close to nichole said it was her idea to focus on her own music career. and the host is also out for season two. >>> 6:00 a.m. is the -- 6:00 18:00 a.m. is the time, on a tuesday it is still not quite the peak of the commute so we will not see the big traffic volume. let's look at the san mateo bridge and that looks good as you head out, no major problems there. if you are driving the commute on to the 880 interstate, it looks good. north and southbound 101 in san jose. >>> cloudy skies, low clouds, drizzle, there has been some around oakland

pontiac line and other lines were shut down. a lot of individual suffering. that was the democrats, that was the government. that was the people who supposedly who care about the workers of the middle-class. that is what you have to do when a business is about to go under and everyone is going to lose their job. you make it efficient and productive and you save some of the jobs and you grow it so that later you add on to other jobs. which is in fact what happened to some of the failed companies that the bain corporation invested in that initially slimmed down and added ultimately affiliates and added workers and new factories. >> sean: we had newt gingrich on the show, he said i didn't want to the tone to go into this direction. it's like i'm going to in a battle, i got to fight back. if you look at polls, charles, you've seen focus groups on this. people will say all the time, they don't like negative ads. negative ads work. if they didn't work, they wouldn't be used, right? >> the reason that people got so upset with newt, i'm talking about the "wall street

the gunman got into a silver.yeah with a -- silver pontiac with a woman inside. martinez is the third child to die from gunfire since august. police were called to 14th and franklin streets yesterday morning they found a woman with a gunshot wound to her hand. as they investigated, a car drove up with another woman who had been shot in the leg. police say the shootings are unrelated. there is also a shooting on lyndon street that sent one person to the hospital. >>> supporters of the occupy movement used the third anniversary of oscar grant's death to draw parallels between his killings and police treatment of protestors. >> we will do it for oscar's sake. i am oscar grant. >> about 100 people gathered at frank ogawa plaza yesterday afternoon for a rally and march to the fruitvale bart station. a few carried signs with grant's picture. their movement faces the same violent treatment from police that lead to graham's death. >> these occupy movements have been sort of really effected by police brutality. >> grant's family also lead a hem moral service at the fruitv

g.m., and chrysler, hundreds, thousands of people lost their jobs dealerships were shut down, the pontiac and other lines were shut down. you have to do it to save the company to enable it to survive and then to grow it as it is now beginning to grow and restore the jobs. >> bill: logical point. >> if he had just explained that and took the playbook out of what the democrats have done, he would have had a forceful answer. but for some reason he simply deflected it. >> bill: i don't think his preppers, i don't think the guys preparing him are the best. that's what it has got to be. he should be smart enough to know it himself. charles, we appreciate it we are asking you to vote in our biffle o'reilly.com poll. will newt gingrich's attacks on romney about bain help or hurt him in south carolina? yes or no. give us the results for that poll question. how did the republic candidates come across personality-wise? who is charming and who is a curmudgeon? that report after these messages. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for

the identified the suspect's vehicle as a green 1996 pontiac grand am with 20 and chrome wheels.t may have taken some shots as well. san francisco police are investigating a kidnapping of the weekend. a woman called police on saturday to said she sought to amend beating up a woman on portland avenue in bay view. the woman told police that the suspect forced the woman into a room of land rover and drove off. police say there are two black men between 20-30, athletic builds. the victim is between 18-22. she was wearing a red hooded sweat shirt at the time. >>darya: governor brown wants to roll back major portions of the state law aimed at protecting straight and abandoned animals from debt. a 1998 law extended the required number of days that animal shelters have to hold dogs and cats before they can be euthanize. the shelters pay for those additional days. brown says his plan would help the state's deficit. opponents say shelters would be rewarded for killing animals. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look for walnut creek. dark skies and a

it's been brutal out there for the first day of the year in pontiac michigan, they gusted to 51 mileser hour, ann arbor, 48. intense winds making a big difference in the weather we're seeing across much of this region. on the radar picture what you're looking at is heavy snow particularly for the state of michigan from north to south where the heaviest bands are, even some sweeping into chicago as we zoom into the region what we're looking at is definitely snowy conditions across much of michigan and that will continue straight through today, straight through tomorrow. the blizzard warning that's in effect goes until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night for the counties you see highlighted in red into michigan, 12 inches plus. that's a foot of snow. with the intense winds gusts of 55 miles per hour, wow, that is going to create immense snow drifts so we're watching for very, very intense bands of snow to work their way across michigan and much of the region so the wins are going to be fierce across areas of ohio all the way to upstate new york and even into vermont and, of course, that will make

he has taken the city of pontiac and one of the things they've done is they've gotten rid of all thehe schools. all the janitors in the school. we had a city councilman tell us who teaches school that he has to vacuum his own classrooms. he has to bring toilet paper to his own classroom. and he also said under emergency management, as we -- as you've talked about on your show and others. >> i was in detroit yesterday on emergency management. >> they fired the first person they fired was the city attorney. they fired the city clerk. they might -- they might unincorporate the city. and they are heading to try and do the same thing to detroit, wipe out all union contracts and, in essence, all the council can do, all the mayor can do is adjourn, convene and adjourn a meeting or listen to the people. they can't even pass a resolution if they wanted an al sharpton day. >> as joe outlines what we are still facing all over the country, today we saw the republican candidates, despite their past, say a lot of nice sounding things about dr. king. newt gingrich and rick perry praised king at a b

1967 pontiac calalina selling bibles. 389, with that 400 -- >> they made a 389.> it was bigger than that >> if had a 26-gallon gas tank. >> oh, yeah. >> two-door. it was canary yellow. i remember it like -- i was the proudest boy in texas. summer of 1969. i was going into my sophomore pfft year of college. [unintelligible] >> thanks for being here. i appreciate it. >> i have three of them. >> good for you, man. >> i know the value. >> good program. >> you are talking about shorten the terms of congress. does the executive branch have that much power? >> we have to do it with a constitutional amendment. i'm not a constitutional lawyer, but what my i stink is that we -- my instinct is that we can combine a balanced budget amendment to the constitution and limit their time. [unintelligible] >> every other year. we need odd year for 140 days. ors 600 ar legislate toward month. they go home and they are doctors and teachers -- there's a little bit of everything. they are part of our state. we have a balanced budget amendment to our constitution and they pass the laws

. >> reporter: with sales slowing the big three had to cut costs and brands like pontiac and m e mercurynd slashing jobs. >> we were at the edge of the cliff. it was a serious problem. >> reporter: forced to reinvent themselves the big three rolled out fuel efficient models including the chevy sonic built by gm workers like brad glendy who sees a new spirit on the line. >> the certainty of having a job is here. we know we are building a great product for the customer. >> what does a town that's been to hell and back know about the finer things in life? >> reporter: nothing symbolized the comeback better than chrysler's commercial in the super bowl last year. >> this is the motor city. this is what we do. >> reporter: imported from detroit became a point of pride in the motor city. >> we felt pride throughout our community. i think it resonated throughout the country. >> reporter: for bill galling, the resurgence is a welcome turn after a bumpy ride for america's automakers. this comeback is about more than new cars. it's about new jobs. in fact, chrysler is adding 1,500 jobs at that time

flint, saginaw, pontiac and and a straight and in 2012 we are going to focus on this resolve this issue. [applause] i'd also like to mention some non-dashboard indicators of batters they. first, the automotive industry has made a major comeback. last week is that the north american auto show and i was proud to say that detroit is still the undisputed auto capital of the world. [cheers and applause] the next group i am going to mention has been to us to not talk about and forgotten, but they are critically important. they have been the unsung heroes of our economy and that the people in agriculture. over the last decade, they've been one of the shining lights for our state. we need to remember, we're the second most diverse agricultural state in the nation will continue to grow into better. i want is a thank you to everyone in the agriculture industry. [applause] finally, tourism is on a positive path. your michigan is working well. now we just need more snow. [laughter] as an extra now, i'm very excited about dropping a flag on the 500 couple weeks and one of the premier winter events i

flint, saginaw, pontiac and detroit in 2012 we are going to focus on this and resolve this issue.non-dashboard indicators of our state. first, the automotive industry has made a major comeback. last weekend was at the north american not a show and i was proud to say that detroit is still the undisputed auto capital of the world. [applause] the next group i'm going to mention has been too often not talked about and forgotten but they are critically important. they have been in the unsung heroes of our economy and that is the people in agriculture. over the last decade they have been one of the shining lights for our state and we need to remember we we are the second-mt diverse agricultural state in the nation and we are going to continue to grow into better so i want to stay thank you to everyone in the agriculture industry. [applause] [applause] finally tourism is on a positive path. michigan is working well. now we just need more snow. [laughter] i am very excited about dropping the flag on the premier winter snowmobile events in the entire nation. [applause] and now i would like

flint, saginaw, pontiac and and a straight and in 2012 we are going to focus on this resolve this issue. [applause] i'd also like to mention some non-dashboard indicators of batters they. first, the automotive industry has made a major comeback. last week is that the north american auto show and i was proud to say that detroit is still the undisputed auto capital of the world. [cheers and applause] the next group i am going to mention has been to us to not talk about and forgotten, but they are critically important. they have been the unsung heroes of our economy and that the people in agriculture. over the last decade, they've been one of the shining lights for our state. we need to remember, we're the second most diverse agricultural state in the nation will continue to grow into better. i want is a thank you to everyone in the agriculture industry. [applause] finally, tourism is on a positive path. your michigan is working well. now we just need more snow. [laughter] as an extra now, i'm very excited about dropping a flag on the 500 couple weeks and one of the premier winter events i

1967 pontiac calalina selling bibles. 389, with that 400 -- >> they made a 389. >> oh, yeah. >> two-door. i remember it like -- i was the proudest boy in texas. summer of 1969. i was going into my sophomore year of college. >> thanks for being here. i appreciate it. >> i have three of them. >> good for you, man. >> i know the value. >> good program. >> you are talking about shorten the terms of congress. >> we have to do it with a constitutional amendment. i'm not a constitutional lawyer, but what my i stink is that we can combine a balanced budget amendment to the constitution and limit their time. >> every other year. we need odd year for 140 days. 600 a month. they go home and they are doctors and teachers -- there's a little bit of everything. they are part of our state. we have a balanced budget amendment to our constitution and they pass the laws that need to be passed and go home. >> great idea. >> that's how our founding fathers wanted it. this full-time congress put it in by stat out. -- stat out. >> thank you. don perry. what little bit i know, there were three brothers that ca