then we see the lights come on in the vw. on. and he rolled up his window and moved past us. he's going by, i'm looking at him, he's going like, i can see him do this as he's driving by, so the call's coming in to him. he just happened to show up a little bit late. and we got away. >> there's been a big kidnapping on the west coast. the victim is patricia hearst. >> mom, dad, i'm okay. do what they say, dad, and just do it quickly. >> just flat out barking mad. >> she desperately did not want to go home. we had to prove that. who would have thunk that patricia hearst would be robbing a bank as a revolutionary act? i think she was spectacular. >> she's the victim of thought control. >> 56 days in the closet turned her into an urban guerrilla. >> the police wanted to be the ones that caught us and killed us. >> it is the longest most intense shoot-out in the city's history. >> there's a 20% chance she's going to get out of this. >> patty had traumatically changed something, something had snapped. >> she's not a stereotypical ho

reporter: good news for vw. germany's scandal-plated volkswagen doubled profits last year to 11.4 billion euros. vw revenues were up by 6% to 230.7 billion euros. the company ranks as one of the world's largest automakers from selling 10.7 million vehicles worldwide last year, despite a company admitting many leading software on 11 million vehicles worldwide. it has had to pay billions in fines and compensation and is still under investigation. this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. reporter -- >> this was a strong year for volkswagen despite the diesel scandal. never before has the carmaker sold as many cars. the dividend will be doubled. still, the show price of four is one of the weaker ones here in frankfurt this friday. the outlook for the profit margin was not according to the tastes of investors. >> speaking of investors, a chinese investor has become the largest shareholder in's germany time where company -- germany's daimler company. he is the chairman of a multinational automotive company based

buy vw now?te vw -- i think you wait for thursday.big deal -- that we discussed is such a big deal. i would wait for the event on thursday. i think we talk about at least 5% volatility, if not more. guy: for a stock like vw that is a lot of money. --.weekend we saw the are we immune to it? arndt: it is a good question. auto of it is priced into valuations. the stocks are trading on very depressed earnings. the cash on oems balance sheet is not really about it by the market. the market is saying that you will need this cash to pay for some unsorted stuff when it comes to, especially diesel. this is a situation that is well-known. it is covered in their risk of section in the annual report. it does not come as a huge surprise and certainly is a very different story to the story that volkswagen experienced in the u.s.. guy: back to thursday, they are not provisioned for that? arndt: nobody has provisioned example,isk of for hardware solutions. 12 could cost the industry 7- billion euros. for all the cars it is probably not possible techn

we get in the van, and we try to haul ass in a vw bus. it's taking forever.st immediately like a pontiac. it looked like a nice car. the guy in the driver's seat was a large man. i said, look, i hate to do this, but i got to take your car. and he looks up at me and says you antetaking my [ bleep ] car. and i'm going, god, what am i going to do. i c't beat this guy up because he's too big. emily has her shotgun and says, get out of the [ bleep ] car please. we immediately try to get everything out of the vw van and put it into the pontiac and we took off. we hadn't gone but a block and a half and the car just absolutely stops. and right here in front of me two black men standing in the driveway and i say to them, look, i'm really sorry, gentlemen, but i need to take your car. we're with the sla and the cops are chasing us. we assumed if we revealed ourselves to be the sla that people would feel calm and realize that us approaching them was not an aggressive act. he looks at me and goes, sure. he reaches in and gives me the keys to his car. so we et get our stu

. >>> lucy the vw bug was removed from the perch in the three after the town if utah declared it a nuisance. >> they gutted the vehicle and sealed it closed and painted it like an alady bug and used a neighbor's forklift and bolted it into the tree. after a complaint was filed. she was ordered to remove it. >> i wish i 65's and 64's around the region and cape may stuck at 58 with the flow coming in off the cool ocean water. the rest of the afternoon low to mid 6:00 by 2:00 and 4:00 and low 60s at 6:00. and as we get into the evening hours showers developing here and there. and future tracker 6 showing you from 5:00 and maybe 6:00 or 7:00 we start to moisten up and by 9:00 most of the rain is off to the north and we can't rule out something farther south and all the way into tomorrow morning we'll have something to show you on stormtracker 6 live double scan during tomorrow morning's broadcast. that starts out at 4:30 in the morning. rain tapers off later tomorrow morning and the rest of the day we see the wins pick up and temperatures start to dip a bit. and cold on saturday and saturday ni

brent: vw operations are small in africa but the company is looking for growth potential.herine has this from -- katheryn:. and as just expanded its operations in now be -- now, the german automaker seems to think that africa has a lot of potential. out of the four plants in south africa, it is two golly that has the smallest play -- plant. it is looking at skill transfer and local employment. now, volkswagen is seeking to fight for the limelight with the likes of toyota, peugeot, and canadian brand mobius. daniel: this next story really brings new meaning to bringing -- doing your shopping on the fly. his cells and even --sells and even -- sells and even grows its own vegetables. reporter: the vegetables are grown and harvested by hand at the airport. right next to the panel's. steph get -- staff get the chance to buy the freshest. produce >> i travel to several different countries and i can see that it is quite convenient and useful to get festivals from the -- that's of doubles -- vegetables from the organic farm. this is the first country to meet all of its solar needs

hector ruiz has packed 14 batteries under the hood of his converted electric vw beetle.king it out for a spin. the car's quiet hum is quickly drowned out as we dive into rush hour in the mexican capital and are engulfed in exhaust fumes. >> i even had to go to a specialist because i developed an asthma problem, because i've been living in such a poisonous city for 15 years. >> who needs an expensive new car that'll go 200 kilometers an hour if you spend most of your time stuck in traffic? ruiz had his car converted to meet his true needs. >> so what kind of a range does your car have? >> 50 kilometers. >> 50 kilometers? that's nothing. it's really not worth it, is it? >> it is worth it. i never drive more than 25 or 30 kilometers a day. >> if he had stronger batteries, the electric beetle could go much further, but ruiz doesn't care. he paid 4,500 euros for his electric drive to this man, alvarÓ de la paz. the mechanic converts cars with diesel or gasoline engines into electric vehicles. a mini like this one requires a lot more battery power than the bug. de la paz is se

fallout from ssions scl e the automaker benefitted from strong sales and cost cutting at its flagship vw brand. the ceo did warn of challenges, including more competition and big bets on electric vehicles and self drivingrs >>> speaking of which, ever since the jetsons were on televisionn the 1960s, people thought it would be cool to some day zpip around in a flying car. now some companies and tech firms are racing to make that a reality. how close are they to talking off? phil lebeau takes a look for us tonight. >> reporter: this is the vahana air taxi a prototype built by airbus which made a bef b successful first flight last month in oregon. after years of building traditional planes airbus is exploring the idea s ofll aircraft carrying one or two people short di iances. boei doing the same thing though its prototypes are not ready for humans to climb on board. that's not the case for hitty hawk. last year a video showed a man flying it over a lake in northern california. this video alone with animation ouom uber showing a fleet of air taxis it like to develop highlights the appeal of

vw sold almost 900,000 vehicles world-wide. >> walmart is launching new low cost clothing brands foromen, kids and plus size customers. for some shirt retailing for less than $3, the move designed to compete with amazon's growing share of the apparel market. and consumers get first look at what may be on their holiday shopping list this year. the american international toy fair kicks off in new york city. among those anticipated new releases, singer link's hugs, and a scratch and sniff game with foul odor. that is your money watch report for more log on to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm. >> lunar new year celebrations continue in our area. >> "eyewitness news" from chinatown there where hundreds gathered celebrate the year of the dog. this is now, if you ever wandered about this tradition, the work for wealth. hope that the lions will bring them luck in the coming year. happy new year to everybody celebrating. >> still ahead celebrating all things spam. >> not junk e-mail but the famous spam math, yes, some of the dishes enjoyed there, when "eyewitness news" continues. more and

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in the limelight last week when a new netflix documentary reminded us all about the lengths to which vwg of emissions tests, that included commissioning a study that subjected monkeys to diesel fumes to try to improve their vehicles‘ green credentials. it's since been revealed humans were also deliberately exposed to toxic exhausts. translation: i condemn the emissions tests on animals and people, which were, according to the available information, initiated by the automotive industry. i don't have any sympathies for this, these tests were apparently solely aimed for pr purposes of the car industry. we're not going to accept this. as the german government and the manufacturers involved all tried to distance themselves from the toxic study, we all have to live with the diesel cars already on our roads. but kat hawkins has been looking at some tech that might help us to produce less of the killer fumes. i'm driving around central london with lincoanopp. but instead of sitting back and enjoying being credible city skylines, i can't quite rest easy because the app we're using for navigation

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. >> jason, we're use ed to seeing ancandlelight vij ims but what e vw yesterday wasy different. >> the morning after the shooting while there were stibol ies inside the school students at vigils and in tv interviews ally started venting their anger towards then politics of control and wanting to see change. i've talked to many 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds out here from there high school andthers in the region and there is a lot of fear about the future. about their safety. tod that's also turning anger and in some cases some political activism like we've seen. >> sreenivasan: are these like the las vegas shooting or the orlando pulse night club? >> not like that, there havale ys been calls for gun control afterwards. what is the difference is the victims were in high school. they're of age now where they feet comfortable going ond camera, speaking about their feelings about gun control and their fear to go back to school. i thinkwhat we're seeing is the people affected by this school d other schools in tregion and the country speaking out in a way that we really hadn't seen beforet, f

volkswagen wants to delay the trial for one of its omission cheating lawsuits after a lawyer compared vw nazis. the lawyer talked about the recent revelation that volkswagen used monkeys to test the effects of diesel fuelsà fumes. he compared those test to the holocaust. volkswagen is asking for six month cooling off period. this is one of the many legal battles that volkswagen has based. high levels of the cell phone radiation can cause tumors in male rats. the study was conducted recently. male rats developed heart tumors . female rats were not affected. scientist said the levels are much levelÃhigher than levels we are exposed to. >>> let's check in and see what is coming up in our next hour.>> good morning. congratulations to you and your hometown team. >> first, let's start locally. san francisco has reached a settlement following claims that a firefighter was wrongly blamed for the death of a teenage passenger in an airline crash in 2013. we will detail what happened and what prompted the lawsuit. back to the super bowl. some of you watched for the game and others for the commercia

. >> remember vw? please. >> maria: you want to explain that?> the vw scandal was basically they hid all their clean diesel. there was a huge cover up. that tells how big corporations based in europe are beurre bureu crateic and they'rbureaucraticae rug. you thought you were buying a clean diesel car but vw got the best of you. >> maria: we've got to hear more from kevin in terms of where he's finding the opportunities here. we'll talk more with him coming up. first, a crude awakening, six straight days of declining oil prices spurring concern across the globe. what's behind that growing worry of supply, that's coming up next. how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com. we cut the price of trades to give investors even more value. and at $4.95, you can trade with a clear advantage. fidelity, where smarter investors will always be. searching for

vw says no monkeys died in the experiment which do not yield definitive results. judicial watch president tom fitton's state ahead. he has a document from president obama state department and looking into the reporting on peter strzok who sent his anti-trump texts alisa page >> shannon: this is a fox news alert. a lot of late breaking developments on the memo at the house intelligence committee. republicans are responding to the democrats claim a little over an hour ago that they did not get the chance to review the latest memo sent to the white house, that it was tweaked and substantively change before it went to the white house. we've been talking about the memo reportedly involving surveillance of the term campaign. here's what we are hearing. "the committee minority is now complaining about minor edits to the memo including grammatical fixes and edits requested by the fbi and by the minority. the vote to release the memo was procedurally sound and in accordance with rules. to suggest otherwise is a big dude distraction. -- bizarre distraction." let's bring in

we have another one come up sponsored by the vw electrify america team as part of their settle amount march 15 at the mall so more information coming about that. thank you. >> commissioner: questions commissioners? >> commissioner: you guys do such great work. thank you. [applause] >> commissioner: public comment? you need to come up. >> i think we have a number of stakeholders who have worked with the energy program. >> hi, my name is christine and i really enjoyed this. i have a new shop down in the galleria and i didn't realize how much i didn't know how to buy light bulb. all of a sudden i have to like the retail space and started researching and doing different things. my dad came out. we made big charts how to buy light bulbs and what's illumin. i even have a chart. it's crazy. i went on pg&e and found the energy watch program and it's just been phenomenal. the small business direct install program we had someone come out and do an assessment and make a recommendation. we hold it out in two faces it's wonderful and i appreciate it and feel smarter. i didn't realize how challengi

. >>> vw is showing off its autonomous car. what's getting attention is the inside, because there is no steering wheel and no visible controls. drivers and riders interact with the car using a virtual assistant instead. the vehicle is designed to enhance mobility options for toke folks who might not be able to drive any longer. >>> there could be criminal charges after a brawl at sea. chaos erupted on a carnival cruise ship as members of a large extended family fought with other passengers and security. abc news reporter linzie janis has the story. >> reporter: tonight, australian police investigating possible criminal charges in this giant brawl aboard a carnival cruise ship. witnesses and carnival blaming members of a large family for instigating the violence. >> i was quite scared at the time. feeling quite threatened. >> reporter: but some passengers complaining the ship's staff didn't keep them safe. security guards resorting to hitting and kicking passengers. this guard preparing to punch a woman, but then stopping himsel

. >>> vw is showing off its autonomous car, and you're going to see what's missing.g wheel and no visible controls. instead drivers and passengers interact with the car using a virtual assistant. this vehicle is designed to enhance mobility options for folks who may not be able to drive any other way. >>> if you're hoping for a new b.a.r.t. station near the oakland a's new stadium you're out of luck. the general manager says a new station in west oakland would cause problems for the system's busiest stretch of track, and there are questions about who would pay for the project. b.a.r.t.'s general manager issued this statement, by the time we would be able to design and build such a project i'm sure the a's would have had at least ten winning seasons and a world series win in the new stadium. >> and speaking of baseball, spring training in full swing in arizona. the giants tweeted video and president clinton tours from scottsdale, arizona yesterday trying to bounce back from a 98-loss season. the giants' first spring game is friday against the milwaukee brewers. the oa

. >>> vw is showing off its autonomous cars.l notice a lot of things missing, no steering wheel, and we can't see any visible controls. drivers and riders will interact with a virtual assistant. the vehicle is designed to enhance mobility options for those who may not be able to drive anymore. a spectacular light show in china sparks actually flying during lunar new year celebrations. >> on sunday villagers performed this dragon dance with molten iron fireworks heated to more than 1,800 degrees fahrenheit before being launched into the air. they wear shorts and cloth hats for protection. they are believed to bring good luck to the community and, gosh, it is a sight to see, sue. >> no kidding how do they not get burned? >>> walnut creek, you can see the taillights starting to stack up. this is southbound we have reports of an accident partially blocking a lane of traffic there and you can see it's starting to slow down at north main. we'll be following that for you, your commute on the 680 corridor. this one approaching the dumba

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no surprise given the scandal that dieselgate was for vw.to year three of that scandal afflicting another automaker. becoming a bit of a headache for the sector as a whole. the most recent, perhaps overshadowing all this, is the animal trials testing that has been used during diesel trials, which was done by a now closed research group which was co-funded by daimler. some of the challenges this fuelsss faces, changes in , we are seeing a change in corporate structure. a lot breaking news this morning. manus: little bit of telecoms now. vodafone with third quarter services revenue. it misses estimates. growth, justevenue a very slight miss. when it comes to the guidance, full-year organic adjusted growth of around 10%. they are reaffirming their full-year views. telecoms had a tough year. , they expect the underlying mobile service revenue to continue to improve across the overall footprint. in germany, a modest underlying slowdown. a modest underlying improvement in the u.k. growth reaffirming their full-year views. it is a very slight miss

carmakers like vw are saying owning a stake in a mine is one step too far for us. find an alternative or a way of using less. thank you for joining us, jack ie.hie -- farch matt: our stock of the hour has to be deutsche bank. as the stock falls in frankfurt, in biggest drop we have seen almost a year, since july of last year. a 6% drop of deutsche bank shares. i want to give you a couple of analyst reactions. goldman sachs isn't impressed by the report. they see broad-based weakness, the investment bank underperformed u.s. peers and pointing to further franchise erosion. morgan stanley also weighed in with an equal rating on the stock. they call the fourth quarter results weak despite the preannouncement and rising cost target. costs remained elevated as guided in the corporate and investment bank but it was the private and commercial bank that disappointed according to morgan stanley. you see the trade -- shares trading down. weighing on the indices. i will go over to deutsche bank's headquarters in frankfurt and sit down with cron -- john cryan later this afterno

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there is a lot of concern about any kind of diesel ban, sales have been something ever since the vw emissions broke and there are concerns that this will generate more negative publicity. first of all, this applies to older diesel vehicles and not current models. secondly, there are voices within the industry who say that germany was slow off, but it is important that it starts to focus on newer, cleaner technologies and those voices would say that perhaps diesel has had its day. environmentalists say this is a huge victory. i spoke to him about the ruling and what could mean for the ruling and what could mean for the future of diesel in europe. the ruling and what could mean for the future of diesel in europem isa the future of diesel in europem is a great day for clean air in germany and abroad in europe, occurs the highest court in germany is deciding that air quality is much more important than mobility. it means about 70% of the diesel this year or next year, are forbidden to enter into the cities. we will have a dramatic increase in air quality. we try to help the people, the owners of

sales have been slumping ever since the vw emissions scandal broke., it doesn‘t affect sales of current models. secondly, there are voices, even within the industry there, who say that germany was slow off the mark, but it‘s very important now that it starts to focus on newer, cleaner technologies, and those voices would wholeheartedly say that perhaps diesel has had its day. scientists are warning that global warming could have a devastating impact on king penguins. researchers say climate change is shifting the ocean currents the penguins depend on forfood. 70% of them may be forced to move from their current nesting sites or die. here‘s our science correspondentjonathan amos. splashing ashore after another successful outing to find food these are king penguins, one of the biggest of the 17 penguin species. the animals are currently doing well, but their notoriously fussy habits could soon get them into trouble, say scientists. the birds will only nest on smooth, sandy or pebble beaches, away from sea ice. that restricts king penguin colonies. at th

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i want to welcome susan gibson, vw assistant attorney at the drug enforcement organization. we look forward to hearing your thoughts. and the progress the v.a. has made to stem the flow and how these legislative proposals will help strengthen in what is now a public health emergency in our country. on the next, we will hear a cross-section of stakeholders representing local law enforcement, physicians, hospitals on one hand into the researchers, manufacturers, policy groups, and researchers on the other. we look forward to learning their insights on one or more of the bills being considered today and anticipate a robust approach as the title of our hearing indicates. we are seeking help from the communities to balance enforcement and patient safety. today, we will focus our attention specifically on the controlled substance act. over the last several months, the committee has come to realize that some areas of this law will require an update or clarification, for example, synthetic opioid like fentanyl have flooded cities and towns and pushed drug overdoses to levels never p