from yugoslavia the american government did not pay for the yugo but our ambassador drove around belgrade in a yellow yugo with the american flag trying to promote the car so we really did support the yugo. we gave it a lot of moral support and cheerleading. >> host: did it sell anywhere else in europe? >> england in small numbers and the brits said it was the best east european car so far. of the soviet bloc countries was the best of all of the cars compared especially greece and belgium in gave the license to the four-door car which is being both. >> the company no longer exist? >> it has changed its name. there is no more 82 but was produced remember 2008 the 28 year production run -- run which is longer than a ford model t. >> host: why is it called the worst car in history? >> want to know that car that sold a tiny percentage why americans insist calling it the worst car in history that is how they know the darfur are absolutely. in 2000 on card shark they voted it the worst part of the millennium. it is on the cover of a book called crap cars and every top-10 or top five list every

hidden beneath a small building and a newly built parking lot in a town about 100 miles south of belgradefourth mass grave of its type discovered in serbia since 2001. some 1,800 ethnic albanians are still missing from the kosovo war. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. but for now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the oil spill that continues to endanger the waters and coasts of the gulf of mexico. today, transocean said the root cause of the explosion was the failure of a cement casing to plug b.p.'s underwater oil well. this comes from testimony prepared for tomorrow's congressional hearings, according to reuters. meanwhile, b.p. used a remote- controlled submarine today to spray a chemical dispersant underwater at the source of the oil leak, after receiving approval from the environmental protection agency. that move came after this weekend's failed attempt to use a large containment box to bottle up the oil that continues to gush at a rate of 210,000 gallons a day

let them go to budapest, belgrade, yugoslavia -- south american.f you go to school, take care of your health, irresponsible with yourself. you will not then worry about the government. you'll be proud of our progress. most people, when trouble, who do they look for? the government. all these dissatisfied people are spoiled and expect the government to do something for them. so, america has the greatest government. believe me, we have more consumer goods than anyone else in the world. host: in the philadelphia paper, supreme court city calls for filibusters to restore proper role and keep away obama nominees. . gop centers can try democrats' tactics. -- the gop senators can try the democrats' tactics. he goes on to say that over the years of the senate democrats have it destroyed the confirmation process by turning it away from qualifications to a guessing game over issues. host: back to the phones, dmitrius, on the line for independents. caller: this is the first, have gotten through in six years of college. host: congratulations on your perseveran

forces over to assist them, almost to belgrade teams worth to do training for the army army and police. nato has had almost three to 4000 more since the president's announcement in december, but we would like to get additional nato contributions there and some of the nato members perhaps we look at their combat footprint to see if we can change those into trainers and enablers. so what we have done and what your comment reflects there is that in the short-term we still have a pressing need for trainers and we are waiting for long-term solutions that we have sent an army battalion and three increments of marines over there to fill that gap in the short-term, sir. >> i remember we had a high-- of awol's. has that gone down some? are we still having the problem we had before were they just wouldn't come in? >> there is minute mark a change since december in terms of both their absenteeism which has gone down and then their reenlistment and retention rate which is gone up so it is not only in the short-term in terms of showing up for duty but in the long-term in terms of their commitment.

forces over to assist them, almost to belgrade teams worth to do training for the army army and police. nato has had almost three to 4000 more since the president's announcement in december, but we would like to get additional nato contributions there and some of the nato members perhaps we look at their combat footprint to see if we can change those into trainers and enablers. so what we have done and what your comment reflects there is that in the short-term we still have a pressing need for trainers and we are waiting for long-term solutions that we have sent an army battalion and three increments of marines over there to fill that gap in the short-term, sir. >> i remember we had a high-- of awol's. has that gone down some? are we still having the problem we had before were they just wouldn't come in? >> there is minute mark a change since december in terms of both their absenteeism which has gone down and then their reenlistment and retention rate which is gone up so it is not only in the short-term in terms of showing up for duty but in the long-term in terms of their commitment.