the government and michigan university hope the 25 million dollar project in ann arbor will lead to similardevices for all cars. >>> nasa's rover is getting ready for the first test drive. scientist plans to move it forward 10 feet, turn right then back up and park to the left part of a health check-up that the rover has been undergoing since it landed on mars. it could cover hundreds of feet per day conducting experiments and sending back data. nasa says a wind sensor was damaged during landing, but that won't jeopardize the mission. >>> republican party is getting ready for its convention next week in florida. the kink that could complicate their plans. >>> playgrounds at fast food restaurants new push to make them safer. >>> getting ready for breakfast. the new report that may have have you thinking twice before yous to leftovers. -- before you toss leftovers. back to school time means back to school germs. that's why lysol partners with schools to help teach healthy habits, habits you can reinforce by adding lysol wipes and no-touch hand soap to your back to school list. learn more at l

have that area of low pressure, that trough of low pressure that's across the area. 71 degrees in ann arbor. cambridge cool. 57 degrees right right now. -- it is pushing over the lesser an tilllies as of now bringing plenty of rain and winds across the area. the winds are about 45 miles an hour moving west -- eyes set on florida as we go through the end of the weekend. plenty of sunshine in the forecast as we head to the next several days. hour by hour looks pretty good with high temperature coming in, here is a check with forecast with plenty of sunshine and drive times ahead. let's get a check with type saver traffic. >> good morning everybody. again, not much speak of on the roadway. see what's going on and we'll take you out. actually. seeing both directions between west gate circle and maryland. be aware that there is some issue or actually some construction delays out there as you make your way toward harbor, 895 northbound be aware we have one lane being effected to long term construction that's near frank first avenue. we'll take you out toward the west. this is along frederick road

and a number of the vehicles we're testing here in ann arbor, starting this week, are that type of system. but we're also testing an after-market system, so that you can fit that to any existing vehicle. and also, we have, i'd call it a cloud of vehicles here in ann arbor, which are broadcasting in one direction only. they're broadcasting what we call a basic safety message, so they're actually helping everybody else out on the road. >> all right. thank you, peter sweatman. it's coming soon to a car near you. we appreciate it. thank you. >>> at last warning from a texas judge to the rest of the u.s. >> that president obama would be re-elected, there would be civil war. >> worst-case scenario, u.n. comes in and does other stuff. >> that texas judge predicting an ominous outcome if president obama is re-elected. you've got to hear the rest of this guy's comments. you can sw. scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived,

but for this ann arbor, michigan, native, john harbaugh, the rest tonight and tomorrow how is it different what happened in training camp and the preseason? everybody out there, hang on. normally, this is pretty interesting stuff when you talk about actually the hour-by-hour, day-by-day things. three weeks away from the season opener. >> thom: what is john harbaugh doing tonight? >> brian: it turns into quick evaluation mode. they are going to pick >> thom: you mean all night tonight? >> brian: no, but they will be back at it early because they have to move on. the starters get a lion's share of the snaps in this next game. they will do more game planning for that and isolate who they want to look at and what situations they want to put them in. both in practice and in this third preseason game. >> thom: how close are you then to determining who is going to be a part of your football team, barring, of course, always barring injury? >> brian: i think if you were to put their hand to the flame on both coaches, they could probably tell you 50 of the 53 right now, they are going to makehe fina

. >> reporter: they served the guys who came over from ann arbor summer workouts a drink.he business got so popular they are serving pouches from the store. >> i read the article myself about what you were doing out here and i called my teammates because we had to come support you, man. it's big from someone your age. >> thanks. >> both of you guys out here. so. >> at love kids our age are doesn't what you were dogging. >> it will take more people to think like yo to help the city. >> reporter: three guys who can pack a basketball arena making these young guys the superstars today. >> i didn't know it was going to get lots and lots of stuff like this. >> and that was jim reporting. if you hear dad say he was a spartan fan? wow that's got to be tough. boys raised more than 2,000 dollars and they did so since last week. >>> well a chance at being struck by lightning is slim. but try telling that to nine people in pennsylvania. the deadly lightning strikes shortened a race car event. also the latest on the deadly shooting in wisconsin war gunman opened fire killing 6 i side a

to greene the government and the university of michigan hope the -- 25 million dollar project in ann arborill lead to sip devices for old cars. >> -- will lead to similar devices for old cars ii >>> petaluma in the semi finals of the -- little league world series after another win in pennsylvania. the pitcher led the team to victory over connecticut last night shutting them out 5-0. petaluma will play again tomorrow, they will face the winner -- rather the loser of today's game between the team from texas and tennessee. terry mcsweeney will have a live report from petaluma in the next half hour. you can watch the game tomorrow on espn 2 against either tennessee or texas, we'll rebroadcast the game on comcast and digital channel. >> tt's a lot of numbers, go to abc7news.com and get it on there. >> i'm confused. >>> we are all confused. >>> next, watch for a new deal on unlimited wireless data bloomberg report, next. >>> apology and defiant -- todd akin speaks on "good morning america" hear why he thinks gop leaders should butt out. >>> we've always wondered about playgrounds at fast food re

i don't live anywhere near to ann arbor.en down there three or four times. >> have you been to his house and videotaped? >> i've protested outside of his house, yes. >> do you consider yourself a bigot? >> absolutely not. i'm a christian citizen exercising my first amendment rights. >> anderson cooper also spoke with chris armstrong who said he never thought he'd become a victim of bullying as a college senior. >> yeah. i think it was surprising. i honestly can't speak for a lot of things that were said because they weren't my words. again, i understand that the things said about me are not my issue. >> you think this is more about the person doing it? >> yeah. it's an issue of bully at large. the things being said about someone usually says more about the person saying it than themselves. >> shervall says he plans to appeal. >>> if you're looking for a love spell to cast on someone forget about buying one on ebay. who knew that you could? starting next month ebay will ban the sell of spells, curses and magic potions. they a

. >>> coming up next, cars that talk to each other, cnbc's phil lebeau is in ann arbor with a previewt you who isng talk to us or the cars? >> referee: the cars are not actually talking andrew to us in terms of saying hello but we are going to be talking about that. there are more than 5 million accidents every year here in the united states and researchers is ai a lot of those could be prevented with cars talking to each other. we'll have the story and the secretary of transportation first on cnbc, when "squawk box" returns. >>> coming up, politics and business collide. billionaire and real estate mogul donald trump joins us after the break. find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearby, ready to help. it's no wonder so many investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. to experience the ultimate expression of pow

this would be the ann arbor employees retirement system and the greater kansas city laborers pensionhey said in the case they were misled about the quality of mortgage-backed securities they purchased just before the u.s. housing market took a tank in 2008. now, citigroup was part of a settlement unrelated to this, with deutsche bank. they paid a combined 165 million. that was a settlement with national credit union over the rules and underwriting mortgage-backed securities. bank of america has settled its merrill lynch unit. 315 million for lawsuits brought by 18 different kinds of pension funds over mortgage-backed securities. this is the latest. $25 million settlement. the face value of the fund involved, the mortgage-backed securities rather was is.8 billion. 25 million seems like a bargain. back to you. dennis: sure does. thanks very much. adam shapiro. the gop convention officially kicks off today. however as we swayed earlier with hurricane isaac roaring through, republicans in tampa, florida, pushing a lot of festivities off until tomorrow. fbn's rich edson is on the ground w

the future of auto technology is getting ready to hit the streets in ann arbor, michigan. in a few weeks berk 200 cars, trucks and buses will start talking to each other. -- about 200 cars, trucks and buses will start talking to each oo. they will warn each other of stopped traffic or cars that might be blowing new a red light. creators say they hope it could eventually help reduce crashes and improve traffic. >> this is a big deal. i think everybody here believes this has great promise. but until we see the data, until the study is complete, we won't know with certainty what promise it really has. a year from now, i think we will. >> the $25 million project is being run by the u.s. department of transportation and the university of michigan. >>> when it comes to have a indication, everything is always looking for a good deal and many of us go to travel web sites to find the best prices on hotel rooms. >> david lee miller has a story on this. >> reporter: a lawsuit claims many popular travel web sites illegally work with he told companies to jack up prices customers pay ac

but for this ann arbor, michigan, native, john harbaugh, the rest tonight and tomorrow how is it differenthat happened in training camp and the preseason? everybody out there, hang on. normally, this is pretty interesting stuff when you talk about actually the hour-by-hour, day-by-day things. three weeks away from the season opener. >> thom: what is john harbaugh doing tonight? >> brian: it turns into quick evaluation mode. they are going to pick through this film. >> thom: you mean all night tonight? >> brian: no, but they will be back at it early because they have to move on. the starters get a lion's share of the snaps in this next game. they will do more game planning for that and isolate who they want to look at and what situations they want to put them in. both in practice and in this third preseason game. >> thom: how close are you then to determining who is going to be a part of your football team, barring, of course, always barring injury? >> brian: i think if you were to put their hand to the flame on both coaches, they could probably tell you 50 of the 53 right now, they are goi

there will be 2800 cars in ann arbor, michigan constantly sending and receiving signals as they drived. 364 will alert drivers to possible collisions and accidents. researchers believe these talking cars technology could be standard in the next 5-10 years. >> this is real world. these are real cars manufactured right here and real people who have volunteered and be partf this study for the next year and have the opportunity to see if this technology really works. >> again, the goal is reduce the number of accidents in the u.s. 5.4 million in 2010, 32,835 people were killed in auto accidents in 2010. 3,000 were linked to distracted driving. speaking of distracted driving and the idea of adding more technology into vehicles, listen to the last question for secretary lahood. >> for drivers to be even more less attentive, and thus we'll take another last question. >> secretary lahood laughing at the idea that he's even going to touch the idea whether or not this is more distracted driving out there. simon, back to you. >> a good story there. thank you very much for that. car makers aren't

nationally syndicated talk-show host with a lot of audience and none of this has been invited back to ann arbor. every five years i meant that -- invited back to harvard to be the person at the stone and whenever my classes of union and one that is coming up i'm always asked to debate marred here and who's a very good friend of mine and president clinton's deputy chief of staff and director of his peace corps communications director in default patent -- deval patrick and grover norquist. it's like groundhog day. every five years before the sit down in front of our class and grover and i are the only two conservatives that got out of harvard in 1978 and the rest of us, they just throw things at us so it's much more fun to be here at the nixon library been going back to harvard. i also had to to tell you to meet the present series was very good. for going to come back in november. that is than we are doing william henry harrison. it's a very short program. [laughter] you don't want to miss that one. william henry harrison, i'm such a presidential nerd. i visited his tomb. his tomb is in a small t

ann arbor michigan, then santa barbara, california, then detroit.points out how important it is for the refining capacity to be up online. one of them like the one behind me had a fire and it reduced their capacity and prices go up. look out california, it's coming to you next. sorry. shannon: you are only the bearer of the bad news. thank you very much. a new investigation maybe revealing the relationship between the white house and its union friend. we are going to talk with the reporter behind this about why he's pointing the finger straight at the treasury secretary for cutting benefits to thousands of non-union retirees and where that money eventually wound. the new frontier of protecting america's borders. president obama's and governor romney's relationship with the press is raising questions about how many answers candidates should have to answer. >>it is the right thing to do. excuse me, sir. it's not time for questions, sir. not while i'm speaking. and the answer to your question, sir, and the next time i prefer you let me finish my statem

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young michigan fan in oklahoma city will wear his true colors with pride t is thanks to fans in ann arbor. and cooper martin turned his shirt inside out. his school has a policy banning apparel not from oklahoma. michigan's athletic director got wind and had a solution if it happens again. >> we'll see a michigan football shirt that we'll send to cooper what i want you to understand about this, when you turn it inside out. >> he will be bare chested. >> all right. >> and the dress code in the schools is under review. >> it is cute hopefully he will not wear it to school. >> we talked about that yesterday, we had a water cooler thing back circumstances that back? >> i know today. >> and he is. >> you against the lady, not against the lady, so now that you are back. >> he lost some, he won some. >> with the ladies i lose more than i win. >>> i cannot wait. water cool ser back. >> we're not calling it that. we're just walking. we're just talking. >> did you talk about prince harry. >> you miss it all. 70 new in washington. let's see 66 degrees. some 50s still hanging out to the west and the

once in lansing, michigan, and then over in ann arbor, michigan, at a neo nazi protest rally celebration rock 'n' roll festival for the confederate hammer skins. i remember briefly meeting him. he was with leaders of different groups. at that point, all different factions of different groups, skinheads, skin members, anti-government militias come there. he was with one of the bands. he was setting up the instruments. he seemed to be a very likable person because of the people that hung out with him. so that was my extent of seeing him. and so -- >> let's talk about those bands. you say one of the ways hate groups appeal to young people is actually through the music. the sikh temple gunman was involved in far right punk bands. according to "the new york times," one of those times was definite hate. so let's listen to this excerpt from one of their songs. ♪ what has happened to america ♪ that was once so white and free ♪ >> boy, that's really difficult to listen to. how do those songs affect young people who may be easily swayed by these messages of hate? >> well, that brings back memories

that's something they are going to have wo work the kinks out on in ann arbor.ou and i could see this in our cars. >> sounds linebacker a great idea. thanks very much for the information. up next, what should you believe, what can you believe? a truth about the attack ads in the presidential race. we'll go through a couple of them right after this. [ male announcer ] there's chicken and there's juicy chicken hellmann's is the secret to making parmesan crusted chicken so juicy so delicious it's your secret to making dinner disappear hellmann's. bring out the best just trying to look our best. gonna take more than looks. from what i hear, ms. haskins is a toughy. oh we had a good breakfast, so we're ready. [ female announcer ] packed with fiber and nearly a day's worth of whole grains. kellogg's frosted mini-wheats cereal... keeps 'em full. keeps 'em focused. [ annoyed ] i'm pure milk chocolate on the inside. and i love that about you. and here i thought you loved me for my brain. is that made of chocolate too?!!! ♪ hi, i'm new ensure clear... clear, huh? i'm not

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