mike ward joins us on the fast line. to speak with you. >> thanks for having me. >> the yooumpb operations have always been plagued with production problems. and here we are also in the midst of a debt crisis. >> i think that's right. any time you have volatility like you're seeing right now in europe, it intensifies the weakness you might see in a vehicle manufacturer like general motors. >> brian kelly. i'm curious. we've seen the average car on the road now is about 11 years old. i think that's a record or close to a record. and we've seen a lot of replacements. and companies put on the third shift we read about. do you get a sense or feeling this is sustainable? or is it simply people replacing cars that are falling apart? >> right now the average is 10.8 years. that's higher it's ever been. unless people start driving or unless husbands and wives start sharing cars, we're at the beginning of a cyclical recovery. >> so it's joe. how do you want to play this? you want to go gm? downstream? johnson control? what's the

nancy ward who is our region nine fema director. we have cal e.m.a. here, mike dayton and his staff. chief greg sir and they brought their whole command staff. we have many nert scroll teers. nert was a group that came about from 9/11 i mean -- shows where my mind is. from loma prieta. we have a lot prepared for you and i want to welcome our two chiefs up. joanne, would you like to start with a few words and then chief greg sir after that? >> thank you, anne, for the kind introductions. it was amazing 22 years ago this city in the bay area region experienced the loma prieta earthquake. i was not yet in the fire department. it was about five months before i joined and like anne alluded to, if anyone lived here, they remember where they were. >> i was at a high school when it happened and all of us remember the frightening moments and the aftermath of loma prieta. and it's always fitting when we celebrate an anniversary to take a minute not only to commemorate that but to next on the importance of how the community needs to step up and assist the paid professional

>> mike moody and jeff ward left high stress, six-day-a-week jobs as big city lawyers because they wantedes and children. they decided to do what more and more working mothers are doing: share a job. >> well, for the first six months of the job, i was referred to as the new joanne. >> the job of assistant in-house council at timberland in stratham, new hampshire, had been filled by two women for years. >> i have two weekends a week. >> two weekends a week? >> and i have a four-day weekend. >> it is a pretty sweet deal. they each work three days a week, overlapping on tuesdays. >> how do you keep the office from sucking you back in on your days off? >> it's a constant struggle. we're always on call because of the blackberry. >> the crackberry. >> the crackberry? >> yeah. >> there you go. it's attached to you. it's part of your body. >> yep. >> part of mike's body even on his days off... >> daddy! >> okay, hold on just a minute. >> when he's the house husband in the kitchen... >> sarah's birthday is coming up, isn't it? >> in the laundry room. >> i need to email jeff. >> what's the stranges

the big banks on wall street which underlie our current financial crisis mike is widely recognized for his work has been a ward of the george polk award for magazine reporting that john hancock award for business journalism has received multiple accolades from the national press club an american bar association among others currently mike is a business and finance writer with the institute for public accuracy and is the author of the book the monster gang of predatory lenders and wall street bankers fleeced america and spawned a global crisis mike welcome. but thanks for having me tom i just want to correct you upfront it's an easy mistake to make actually work for the center for public integrity center for public integrity thank you very much mike where does your interest in exposing corporate corruption and greed come from and what attracts you to this field of reporting. right you know as a reporter i try not to come into things with sort of big picture ideas or with an ideology of what's happening. you know i was just reporting on. what was going on at individual lenders individual mortgage companies indiv

. >> mike: to jeff burton whose older brother ward won the daytona 500 in 2002, burton's best 500 finish, second in 2000. ♪ the heat is on, on the street ♪ ♪ inside your head, on every beat ♪ ♪ and the beats so loud, deep inside ♪ ♪ the presssure's high, ah! ♪just to stay alive ♪ cause the heat is on i'm pitting, i need a coke ♪ oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho, ♪ caught up in the action, i've been looking out for you ♪ ♪ oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho, ♪ tell me can you feel it, ♪ tell me can you feel it, ♪ tell me can you feel it, ♪ the heat is on ♪ the heat is on there's no such thing in nascar. with the nascar sprint cup mobile app, you get live in-car audio, real-time stats, even driver bios. and with sprint's unlimited data, you can find out everything about me. like my secret obsession with karaoke. ♪ ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ bah, bah, going down the only road... ♪ [ male announcer ] there's no such thing as t.m.i. when you have nascar sprint cup mobile and truly unlimited data. only from sprint. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com all your favorites all in one place. a medium one-topp

mike and andrea? >> thanks, monika. >>> marion barry is seeking another term for the d.c. council representing ward eight, home of the district's poorest residents. he has been an icon in that area for decades despite personal scandals. >> bruce johnson reports with the democratic primary a month away five candidates are hoping to unseat barry. >> reporter: at age 75, marion barry can still draw a crowd. so often people in need of help. he's held elected office for 31 years, 16 of them as mayor of d.c. a growing number of people say that's long enough [ inaudible ] >> reporter: at age 75 he's now running for a third term a and for the first time a lot of people in position to know are asking the question, can marion barry really lose this time. >> people feel he's not moving enough forward and we don't see him at any of the meetings. >> reporter: andre and jacques are two of five candidates now hoping to unseat barry as a ward 8 d.c. council member. >> we have a number of people that are just dissatisfied with the service that they've received, his bouts with drugs and the i.r.s. are now legendary.

mike: blaney is a contrary. in 2002 in the 500 he short pitted ward burton. stopped before he needed fuel and tires. when the checker the flag waved there was his driver in victory lane. can he and ryan pember and dave blaney do it again? >> darrell: this place is notorious for people who never won a race win a race. we had two already and here we are with four guys at the front of the field that have never won a race. we may be setting up for something really special here tonight. >> mike: and blaney is a winner. a world of outlous champion and when called on to race that way into the 500 he got it done and now finds himself in the lead. >> larry: the four drivers hope the green blob gets beggar and bigger. four drivers i'm watching. three of them won the 500 in the last four or five years. matt kenseth strong the entire speedweeks. kevin harvick our 2007 winner making a little noise. mcmurray up there now. there is always dale earnhardt, jr. i don't think he has shown his complete hand just yet. >> mike: a look at the leaderboard with dave blaney out front. looking at dale earnhardt, jr. landon ca

mike: blaney is a contrary. in 2002 in the 500 he short pitted ward burton. stopped before he needed fuel and tires. when the checker the flag waved there was his driver in victory lane. can he and ryan pember and dave blaney do it again? >> darrell: this place is notorious for people who never won a race win a race. we had two already and here we are with four guys at the front of the field that have never won a race. we may be setting up for something really special here tonight. >> mike: and blaney is a winner. a world of outlous champion and when called on to race that way into the 500 he got it done and now finds himself in the lead. >> larry: the four drivers hope the green blob gets beggar and bigger. four drivers i'm watching. three of them won the 500 in the last four or five years. matt kenseth strong the entire speedweeks. kevin harvick our 2007 winner making a little noise. mcmurray up there now. there is always dale earnhardt, jr. i don't think he has shown his complete hand just yet. >> mike: a look at the leaderboard with dave blaney out front. looking at dale earnhardt, jr. landon ca

ward war 2. they were risking their lives many were confined here in the u.s. our own mike inouye will honor the vets that were not able to attend a ceremony in washington. >> now some vital information. bay area dancers would like to teach people shall we say get their groove on. the orkers are offering three classes on dancing. those interested will learn how to perform like janet nation did, like to see that. the group started three years ago and is now branched out to feature other artists. check out bay area/mob.com. >> let's send mike to that too. >> pretty cool. change coming to the oscars. we'll have details. >> elementary school kids in one bay area county are not getting enough physical education. >> hitting the high seas sort of. where you can witness a pirate battle. [ female announcer ] allergy congestion? allegra-d d-congests, d-pressurizes so you can breathe. a fast, non-drowsy antihistamine plus a powerful decongestant. allegra-d. d-fense against allergy congestion. >> welcome back. brace yourself for a spectacle. we're not talking about america's cup. here'

ward says he goes all in. >> yeah, yeah. they actually win. like i said, i never win ever. >> poor mikee, he can't gamble, he can't win, but he can write a segway. that's one of the -- ride a segway. that's one of the auction gifts. it was a good time. >>> four prince george's county police officers honored for saving hives by the fire chief. eric lee, daniel gonzalez, jonathan eyler and matthew ling saw smoke billowing out of spellman house apartments in college park saturday. senior citizens live there. they rushed to the sixth floor, realized the alarms weren't working and went door to door getting residents out. >> i know this fire chief went out of his way to recognize somebody who doesn't work for him. we all work for the county, but to have him recognize us means a lot. >> we didn't do anything that any other county officer would not do for a fire department employee. >> it feels great. >> the fire chief says firefighters are trained to go into smoke filled buildings. police officers are not. he believes they went beyond the call of duty. >>> the first lady takes on reality tv. s