. >>> reporter: taxpayers shelled out more than 39 grand for this 2011 buick le cross. it was purchased new for a politics. but just days after delivery, senator kevin de leon of los angeles decided he didn't want it any more. so the buick collected dust in a warehouse for months. >> it's almost an arrogance of power. >> reporter: derrick is a government watchdog for common cause a nonpartisan group that closely monitors the capital. >> this is just symptomatic of why californians feel our government is broken. >> reporter: the senator would not talk to us on camera. so cbs13 filed a public reports act request. and the senate rules committee quickly complained directing us here to this capital garage where the buick is now an shuttle vehicle for elected official. taxpayers also paid $40,000 to buy this brand-new lincoln hybrid for another politician, senator sam blakeslee, cancelled the order before delivery but the dealership would not take the vehicle back. so this lincoln was also used as a high-priced shuttle vehicle for several months. >> in most other states, legi

most of the people who lived here worked for general motors and buick factories just just a few bar box that way so it was a working class neighborhood it was in a poor neighborhood most of the people who worked in the automobile factories did really well. nobody realized how fragile that economy was because it was always their general motors was actually born here and flint grew up here but people people worked in the factories especially in the after that one nine hundred forty s. made very good wages. more than a college graduate would make. has a tiny little kitchen. this house like thousands of others. was abandoned and when people leave they don't take their houses with them and they also don't pay taxes anymore on the property and so my office. is responsible for tax collection and when people abandon their property and stop paying taxes we take that to court and we get a judgment and take ownership of the property so this house now is owned by the land bank we get those properties and we try to make a decision about what to do with them with with all these thousands of abandoned

this indicates that the program is like a buick that hits you in the crosswalk and then drags you to see a government doctor who replaces your lung with a muffler. look it up. the point is, folks, in politics messaging is everything something i learned from colbert super pac's two recent commercial blitz for rick perry. they cost a lot of money, folks. ad time in des moines does not come cheap. plus we blew a ton of cash hiring andy serkis to play the corn cob. (laughter) and i promise you, we are going to keep the ads coming because two weeks ago i got asked what the colbert super pac stands for and i wanted to ask you, the super nation, to tell us what we stand for as colbertsuperpac.com. so far, 53,000 of you have responded. now, i plan to read all the submissions... (laughter) ... which i am completely capable of doing because reading is something i definitely know how to do. (laughter) but due to the massive volume, we instead use computers to crunch the data. so let's head over to the persuade-u-lux 6000. (cheers and applause) welcome. welcome to the persuade-u-lux. where eloqu

smaller general motors company half its brands are being sold off or phased out leaving only chevy buick g.m.c. and cadillac and the new g.m. reportedly is considering changing its logo background from blue to green to emphasize its commitment to smaller more fuel efficient cars. i've seen them before they went bankrupt and i've seen them after and honestly i don't see any change. i see a lot of marketing. and i see a lot of hype but i don't really see a whole lot of effort. in the twenty first century making a car that gets twenty mpg just isn't acceptable i've worked on projects with g.m. and they might say one thing to you in the beginning you know they'll say ok do your research up with an idea the bottom line is there i'm going to listen to it they don't consider ideas unless there's some hot sketch on the wall and i think that's just completely backwards of how a car company should operate they were so focused on just making one type of pickup truck changing the headlights you know for them changing the grille was a major evolution. for decades while the americans had their head in

on this-buick. in alameda this vehicle also pulled alongside them. they suspect got out of that car and shot that teenager to death. >> the suspect is believed to be a black male. approximately 59, 5-10. wearing a gray could lead that was pulled up. it did come down a couple of times no further clothing descriptions. the suspect fled in a car described as a new were silver, greenback to door on the were acura were hunor honda. >> the remains of 1983 woman had been found. officials identified by august 18th of jennifer morris. she was killed at the scene with no suspects identified. she was a part-time student seen in january 24, 1983. >>jacqueline: off a live look outside from our roof cam over downtown san francisco. sunny throughout the bay area and even along the coast. it took awhile for the fog to clear. temperatures still kind of cool. 59 in half moon bay. 62 in san francisco, 81 in napa. 90's inland. '70s and '80s for the bay shore. the same in the south but up five, 10 degrees and what resource, yesterday. 10 degrees warmer in concord. a 11 d

a 1973 buick in his garage. he attached a garden hose to the exhaust pipe and ran it through the passenger side rear window, sealing the gap with a towel. he sad in the buick and pulled the door closed. he clutched family photos. in the tape deck he but a mournful irish ballad of suppression and rebellion. what's done is done and what's won is won and what's lost is lost and gone forever in the town i loved so well. you would have thought that dan white had enough of martyrdom. he hand. he turned the key in the ignition. his final act was to condemn himself. perhaps convict and condemn himself, and thus he quit on those who needed him most, his wife, his three small kids, who would grow up without a father, as dan had in fact grown up, fatherless himself. the consequences of this terrible crime and terrible miscarriage of justice are still being felt today. in my view, it was the crime of the 20th century in san francisco. i think perhaps only the patty hearst kidnapping could possibly compete with it. and it ch

good always drove a new model car, usually a buick. he was friendly but reserved, a bit shorter than the other dads on the the street. he was educated, but in those days that was seen as a good thing, and our dads who weren't often went to him to listen to what he had to say. he was different in two other ways. he had a black moustache on a street devoid of facial hair. and he was a jew. sometime around the summer of 1964 a sound started coming out of the normally quiet good house, the goods' house. not the good house. it was a thumping noise, a low, vibrating thump that occurred in a repetitive rhythm, sort of like a beat to a song but no song any of us were familiar with. boom-ba of-boom. boom-ba-boom. it could have been mr. good working on something with his new craftsman tools, or maybe the local exterminator was trying to root out a possum that had gotten under the crawlspace. but, no, it was none of that. it was black people's music, specifically, the supremes, a group none of us had heard of. the song was "where did our love go,

it was so hot that rick perry executed prisoners by putting them on the dashboard of a black 1985 buickunting evidence, america has stood with one voice and boldly proclaimed, eh. in 2007, 46% of americans said that environmental problems were very serious and should be a priority for everyone compared to only 33% now. since the economic collapse, fewer and fewer people care about the environment. which is surprising since more and more people are living in it. [laughter] and everybody knows what the problem is. >> we're addicted to driving cars. >> we're addicted to cheap gas. >> we have a heroin-like addiction to imported oil. >> stephen: yes, we are addicted, and ask anybody in addiction recovery, you've got to hit rock bottom before you can ask for help. that's why i am constantly helping out junkies by giving them heroin. and they thank me. by giving me money. by, folks, america has not hit bottom yet. the results of global warming simply aren't bad enough to feel. no matter how hot enough it is outside, my air conditioner still pumps our cool air, especially now that the dial has

don't take government bail now do it do it up yeah i'm going to go trash the buick. or when this one all right now take a look at so there's this artist that fox news decided allow on their program because he's been creating these posters these signs on the roads and he also had a little surprise for one that he wanted to create for them take a look. so we got it in your pants no one wants to see your underwear he pointed out or stopping says well if you're sure. the sentence is. called for yours. i mean if. i get you and you never really well you think she handled it well i think of that really i think it would at any time you're an attractive movie does this feel a. writer use like you could say that is she going to start swearing profusely in a really good job or are you sure you know how to start defending the channel using some kind of a logic or logic rationale but you just have to go change your hair and guys i mean we're going to totally words you're full vi yeah i mean thought specializes in performance art it makes sense to have somebody who also specialize

don't take government bail you do it you would go up yeah i'm going to go trash the buick and go people for no thanks when this all right now take a look at so there's this artist that fox news decided are allowing their program because he's been creating these posters these signs on the roads and he also had a little surprise for one that he wanted to create for them take a look. so we have waited and watched your hands no one wants to see your underwear he pointed out or stopping says tell me about your share. of the sensitive parts the flies. got called for you know worse. i think it's like. i mean you know. i guess you weren't. really what you think she handled i think you know that really i think you would anytime you're an attractive woman is his girl a very you know the right thing is like you could say that if you're going to start swearing profusely i really like the job or you're like you know i don't start defending the channel using some kind of a logic or logic rationale but you just have to go. for your hair and right i mean more than it probably worth your full value amie

to take government bail and do it do it up yeah i'm going to go trash the buick and go pick up a. ford win this one right now let's take a look at so there's this artist that fox news decided to come or allow on their program because he's been creating these posters these signs on the roads and he also had a little surprise for one that he wanted to create for them take a look. so we had one of them pull up your pants no one wants to see your underwear you want to force basis well you know about your shirt. or. the sensitive wise. you know yours. i think it's fine. i guess you. really well you think she handled it well i think she handled that really i think you would at any time you're an attractive woman is his you're a. guy or use like you could have said if you're going to start swearing profusely in a really good job or you should or like you know how to start defending the channel using some kind of a logic or logic rationale but you just have to go. for your hair and was i mean more than a totally words you were fooled by yeah i mean fox specializes in performance art it ma

they're hoping that his unique car with pink and red paint on his buick.e are requesting help from the public. >> san francisco police are canvassing this area on thursday to try to learn more about the fatal shooting. this homicide happened in broad daylight at this intersection behind me. just off of this element exit. they're passing out these fliers. police are targeting of motorists for witnesses. >> whoever witnessed this horrific crime that they witnessed it and i hope that it will generate more leads. >> officer what walk alon the sidewalks and questioning drivers. police say they do not believe this, side was random. >> it appears to be targeted. >> in san francisco, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: more warmer weather. no fog. a cool down coming up. your forecast coming up in a few minutes. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling]

we'll tell you what happens to all those classic 1950s buicks. 22360, text 1 for florida's invasive reptiles. 2 for france post-it wars, or 3, cuba cars for sale. winning story airs ahead. >>> senator john mccain is in libya to meet with the national transitional council today. he is traveling with senators marco rubio, lindsay graham and mark kirk. meanwhile a libyan military spokesman says the council has reliable information that moammar gadhafi is hiding in a tribe -- with a tribe located between niger, algeria, and southern libya. >> i think that the people of libya, the ones that i've toukd talked to would like to catch him alive and see him on trial for the horrendous crimes that he has committed. every few days they come across another grave, some of them with hundreds of bodies in it. there is no doubt that this guy was hated by the people of libya and i think they'd like to see him brought to justice more than they'd like to see him dead. >> meanwhile, libya's rebels are still fighting gadhafi's troops over control of sirte, home to a p

but when the transcribe buick -- tribune bought it, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was buying it. it was kind of a nice little back-stabbing drama that played out in a place where they literally made drama n los angeles. and i think because they were really trying to do the deal in secret, a lot of things that we should have known about that we department know about came back to -- th

then there was the time his old buick broke down. val was with him. figured he'd just pop into an fbi safe house to pick up a bureau car, he'd take her home, and that would be that. but headquarters called taking the car "unauthorized use of government property." >> i think what happens in the fbi, it's a very militaristic society, and you have to... if you're being investigated by opr, office of professional responsibility, and there's a question, they don't want to promote somebody that's got a cloud over them, even a minor thing like a vehicle. >> narrator: bear bryant had retired. louis freeh promoted his longtime friend, tom pickard, to deputy director. it was not good news for agent o'neill. it was pickard who decided o'neill would not lead the investigation in east africa. and now, pickard and freeh decided john o'neill would not get the big job in new york. >> my daddy always said, "don't kill your mavericks; they might save your life someday. and they're the ones that will always have the great ideas, so try to take care of them." and john wa

weren't of the best selling vehicles in china are buicks. we can't make them there and let them in. subsidizing. we can intervene with an attack both for the purpose of importing to the united states and investing in china. it would give us prices better prices if china floated its currency. if we did that with the energy invoefting policy we could crazy 5 million jobs over three years without much problem. a fantastic effect on the u.s. economy. get us growing again. energy, bank regulation and principle reform for homeowners. those are the four legs of the stool that could turn this economy around. but that requires a president that would think outside the box, let go of past ideology and both the republicans and democrats along with president obama simply aren't willing to do things like that. >> the federal reserve is going to meet again in a couple of weeks. there was nothing that came out of this jackson hole speech the other day in terms of further action. do you expect the fed, should the fed try to do something and do you expected fed to somehow get involved in any european

they're looking at a blue buick it looks like it has a bullet hole in the wind chill they're not reallyus yet, they're still working on their investigation we will update you later as soon as anything comes available. >> no word of any injuries right? >> i believe there has been one person transported that his words i'd just that i was on scene. i have not been able to confirm that with the officials on the scene. we will let you know and we find out. >> figure out what is going on in we will check back in with you thanks. >> coming upper and the boys and girls oakland and news about any event coming up. and gary has complete highlights from the giants' final game of the season all of next. it's about building cars in america. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs in tough times. a chance to move up and do better. [ delaunta ] excellent healthcare. [ caletha ] beautiful benefits. what they used to call the american way. it still works here. [ jennifer ] not a single layoff of a u.s. manufacturing worker. [ glen ] not one. not one

he said, if you'd seen his buick, you would have wanted it too.ghter] and i recreated that journey. i wanted to be able to see what it was like to drive that are without being anal to stop -- able to stop. during that era african-americans in the 1940s, 1950s and into the 960s could not be assured of a place to rest, to get gas, to recharge their batteries, to be able to even eat, to get a meal. so they had to take great care, planning and caution. after a certain point be one could stop, but he had a very difficult time. so i attempted to recreate that journey. i rented the buick, i had my parents with me as tour guides, and we got to this dangerous, frightening part of the journey where you're going through the desert, and it's night, and i had not slept for hours as he had. it had gone on for many, many, many hours and into the night without being able to rest. and my participants were with me as i was about to rear off the road. -- veer off the road. and at that point we're in the mountains, and we're seeing the signs that say 80 miles to the

on this date way back in 1908, general motors followed by the buick company head and the number one song announcer ] heard this one? listen to this. three out of four americans don't get enough vegetables. so here's five bucks to help you buy v8 juice. five bucks. that's a lot of green. go to v8juice.com for coupons. you can count on us. >> the answer to the trivia question of the day is mickey rourke and the winner is shawn from minnesota. the battle over job creation continues in washington and both republicans and democrats claim they have the solution, just leave it right there, guys, but the next guest, our next guest has a message. he wants washington to get the heck out of the way. applebee's franchise owner is owner of 34 restaurants in the new york metro area. he employs 3,000 workers and he's ready to hire more. zane, thanks for joining us. you're ready to hire more. what do you need to hear out of washington before you do that? >> i need to hear that they're not antagonistic. i need to hear that the environment is changing. it's, you know, the president of the administration c