bob shrum on the success of the chevy volt. and activists say hydraulic fracking is a huge problem and leading to an environmental disaster. >> i can't take a bath at our house because of the gaslight. >> oscar nominated actor mark ruffalo has a new campaign to stop fraccing and he's with us tonight. >>> republicans and their nominee in waiting is on the defensive. the president has engaged them in direct political combat and president obama gave us, i think, a preview of his central campaign message. i think this section from the president's speech to the associated press will be the key to his re-election effort. >> it doesn't make us weaker when we guaranteed basic security for the elderly or the sick or those who are actively looking for work. what makes us weaker is when fewer and fewer people can afford to buy the goods and services that our businesses sell. or when entrepreneurs don't have the financial security to take a chance and start a new business. what drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening

go ahead. >> what was your role with the chevy volt? involved were you with the design and the manufacturing of this vehicle? >> well, i led the team that did it. and i'll tell you, quite frankly, i was very annoyed with the fact that toyota seemed to become the darling of the environmental movement, was lauded to the skies because of the toyota prius, and the thing was, well, american car companies are brain-dead. they could never do anything like that. and i said, you know what, let's do the moon shot. let's do something that is way beyond what anybody else in the world has done. let's use lithium ion batteries. and then one of my executives said, let's not make it all electric, because it will get too expensive. let's use a smallish battery to give us 40 miles of electric range, and then a small gasoline-powered generator will kick in, in case people want to go an additional 300 miles. and that's the concept that we worked out. showed it at the detroit show in 2007, almost a year and a half before obama was elected president, by the

in chevy chase i'm shomari stone, news 4. >>> d.c.olice confirmed today the discovery of a meth lab in an apartment building in adams morgan. office y officers went to a building to serve a warrant. when they found the lab, one man was arrested on cocaine charges. it's not clear if he'll be charged in connection with the meth lab. a woman and a 6-month-old baby were also in the apartment where the lab was found. it's the second meth lab found in northwest in recent months. >>> george zimmerman will remain in jail for the foreseeable future. after facing a judge for the first time today, zimmerman entered a not guilty plea on a charge of second-degree murder in the killing of trayvon martin. a probable cause affidavit filed by prosecutors claimed zimmerman profiled martin because he was black, chased him, and then shot him in the chest after a struggle. zimmerman will be held in his own jail cell for now. but the defense will push for him to be released once they feel he's safe. >> i hope to have him released on bond, and by that time

. >> jimmy: chevy.emails, which were pretty incredible, but as we said on "the soup," there's -- it's not him. it's impossible because there's no way he could ever figure out voicemail. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: he would not do it. >> this is a guy -- i go, "i'm gonna e-mail you." and he goes, "i don't have it!" and i go -- [ laughter ] "where -- where is it?" he goes, "it's in new york" and -- [ laughter ] "i'm gonna send you a carrie pigeon and you can strap a note around it's leg and it'll -- it'll get to you." >> jimmy: i think chevy -- chevy is a genius. he's a genius. >> yeah. >> jimmy: comedian, so i think this is a -- it's rough that someone tapes your voicemails and they go -- >> well, when some -- yeah. that's what the nature of voicemail. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> record the messages. >> jimmy: is that right? is that what it does? >> it's the rebroadcasting of them that is so -- >> jimmy: that's true. i didn't even think about that. yeah. it wasn't like he set up a big co

you heard many conservative commentators talk about chevy volt fires.ou had lou saying they all catch fire. one volt caught fire after a highly destructive crash test. it caught fire three weeks later which should be enough time for people to get out. >> what was your role with the chevy volt? how involved were you with the design and manufacturing of this vehicle? >> i led the team that did it. i'll tell you quite frankly, i was very annoyed with the fact that toyota seemed to become the darling of the environmental movement. the thing was well american car companies are brain dead. they could never do anything like that. i said, let's do the moon shot. let's do something that's way beyond what anybody else in the world has done. let's use lithium ion batteries and one of my executives said, let's not make it all electric because it will get too expensive. let's use a smallish battery to give us 40 miles of electric range and a small gasoline generator will kick in case people want to go an additional 300 miles. showed it at the detroit show in 2007 al

>> let me start with the popular misconceptions about the chevy volt. those of you who listen to fox news or listen to o'reilly or neil cavuto would believe that the chevrolet volt catches fire a lot. consumed $53 billion for only 6,000 built, was a product of the obama administration when, in fact, it is thon of those things. the chevrolet volt was conceived largely by very self-serving comment, largely by me because it was very promising technology which would link all of the advantages of the electric vehicle, which was 40 miles with no fuel consumption whatsoever with all the range of a conventional car beyond the depletion range of the battery and internal, small internal combustion action would provide electricity to the battery for about another 300 miles. seemed like the ideal solution for most daily trips, it would be electrical, but if you have to go long distances, you're not limited by range. we had a concept car at the detroit auto show in january 2007, and history will show that obama was elected in november of 2008. so, in fact, an intere

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