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as they said, old friends from ann arbor where we went to college and editors at the college newspaper. i knew then that mark was from the area, like i am, but i didn't know of his intense interest in history and the stories here, and so that leads me to my first question which is what really led you to want to write this book? i remember you calling me when you were starting to work on it, and you said, i want to write a book about detroit. i thought, yeah, well, so does everybody; right? [laughter] this turned out to be a different book than others we red now. >> i sensed that a tiny bit when we got lunch. you were one the first people i talked to about it, and thank you, first of all, for doing this. i guess, i don't know, i've always been drawn to detroit as a topic, and, you know, i thought for the longest time it would be a novel, that seemed like -- that seemed like the way to go, and then, you know, they -- when i came back in 2009, for "rolling stone," i was assigned a piece on the auto show. this was, you know, january 2009 so you remember, you were here. >> sure. >> it was t

. >> reporter: in ann arbor the evangelista family gave us a tour of their newly built home. >> this is my absolute favorite spot. >> reporter: another bright spot, the nation's biggest home builder, toll brothers, reporting tonight orders rising sharply. the evangelistas' home is one of them, and tonight they told us the number one reason why. >> the mortgage rates were so low, it was the best buy. it's a steal. >> reporter: a steal, he says. behind it, dynamics and historic lows for mortgage rates, and homeowners beginning to put their homes on the market. a low inventory and right now much of the country dealing with rock bottom prices. diane, i was reading today in orlando alone, inventory at seven-year lows, home owners begin to come back on the market, good news because there are buyers waiting for their homes. >> great news and on that hard-hit street, what a turnaround. >> great to go back. >> thanks, david. >>> now, from the hot housing market to the heat, period. across the country we felt it today. temperatures that signaled spring, not christmas. records falling, and abc'

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the electoral college met monday, we spoke with a social studies teacher at pioneer high school in ann arbor, mich., about how she teaches the look for a process in use the c-span as a resource. >> tracie van newsom is a high school and social studies teacher. >> tracy is a high-school social studies and history teacher. fellow, and she is joining us on the phone. what is your approach? >> the electoral college is something that is definitely challenging to students. they have heard of it before, and fortunately i have been using the like doral college map. it shows who got the votes in 2008. it has the new census figures, so i explained it in my unit. we talk about the fact we do not directly elect the president. he or she is indirectly elected through the system, and we talk about how many votes each state very attentive, because this is not something they are familiar with. >> the lesson plan is also teachable videos. more information. whether it is still relevant. what kind of discussion would you have in the classroom? this system, and there are usually kids who think it should be chang

i have to say first i am honored that mark asked me to be part of this world trends from ann arbor where we went to college and we are both editors at the college newspaper. i knew then that mark was from the area like i am, but i didn't know his passion to write history and the stories here can that leads to my first question which is what led you to want to write this book? remember you calling me when you were starting to work on it and said i want to write a book about detroit and so do i. but this turned out to be a very different book than most of the others. >> i said that a little tiny bit when i went out to lunch the first time and you were one of the first people, thank you first of all for doing this but i guess i have always been drawn to detroit. i thought for the longest time that it would turn out to be a novel, that seemed like the way to go. when i came back in 2009 for rolling stone i decided to do a piece on the auto show. this was january of 2009 so you were here. it was the chrysler and gm on the brink of bankruptcy, a former mayor was in jail, before it had become s

we appreciate it. >> thanks joe. >> you're in ann arbor. take a look at the futures this morning. we are looking at green arrows. in fact, right now, the dow futures are up by just over five. by the way, take a look at what's to coming this morning. up next, we have companies that could offer a special dividend for four years in. in the next hour, dick armey will join us. also, yale school management's jeffrey sonnan is here with a list of 2012 corporate shake-upes and who may be in the hot seat for 2013. >>> a slew of companies declaring special dividend necessary recent weeks. three companies making announcements this week alone. what investors should do with all this, deborah morshard. this is a big deal. you're talking about tons and tons of companies that are now moving things. one of the situations this morning, pedo corporation just said that it's going to be moving all of its dividends for next year into the end of this year so that their shareholders can get that early gain on this and not have to pay the higher dividends tax next

that is thernor's ann arbor residence, that getties road.news organizations talking about this? otherwise is goes totally ignored and there is no accountability. what are your thoughts on that? >> my thoughts are we better be talking about. thank god for fox news and otherwise, no one would be talking about these issues except from the left's perspective. that would be a great shame. megyn: lou dobbs, thank you. coming up we expect another news conference. don't go away. i've gotine grams of protein. that's three times more than me! [ female announcer ] ensure clear. nine grams protein. zero fat. in blueberry/pomegranate and peach. flavor boost, meet beef. it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it reli

that was rocky mountain mike and mary in ann arbor. she has the golden pipes. >> she is awesome.e here and put it in foreign bank accounts. >> [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: that brings me to the election is over. mitt romney remains the most awkward man in the world. did you see? did you see this story? how do you say this guy's name? >> manny. >> stephanie: i don't keep up with the boxing. so the boxing match. he should know better than to meet with mitt before the fight because he got loser on his -- he got knocked out many times. >> surprise loss. >> was out for 2:00. we were worried for his health. >> like dick morris. >> stephanie: who goes yes, i would love to meet mitt romney and then he touched him. he got loser all over him! [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: "the new york times" described the surreal exchange. in came mitt romney. yes, that mitt romney. former governor of massachusetts. every hair on his head in place romney came in twice. his introduction was at once awkward and hilarious. hi manny i'm mitt romney. i ran for president. i lost. [ wah wah ] >> okay. >> who says tha

bob lutz wearing the rise above pin and ann arbor. >>> netflix in the red.stock in the nasdaq, down 3.3%. there's an article in the "wall street journal" questioning the company's aim to become a premium cable channel while it louds to keep costs low, it's questioning how this is going to hurt, because it won't, of course, be able to get those lucrative syndication rights. as a result, the company basically depends on increasing subscribers as a way to increase its profits. again, the stock down just 3.3%. carl, back to you. >> thanks, mary. >>> when we come back, the ceo of zappo's.com. sin city. and the state on retailers this season. and rick santelli working on more for the next hour. >> absolutely, carl. we'll be back with dan stesich, floor trader, and the slope everybody is talking about. what about today's ism number, the employment index, what does that say about tomorrow's adp or friday's bls jobs report? sounds like a '50s cereal. but it's important. we're going to talk about it all with dan stesich. ♪ >>> there is perhaps no bigger champion for t