he is applying a lot of the fiat engine technology to chrysler. is going to be a new car built here in the united states, 40-mile per gallon passenger car with fiat technology. and it's interesting to see that the same people who were kindly to throw dirt on crisis grave sort of trumpeting the fact that his company has the resiliency and sort of the know-how to come back and make cars and trucks that people want, which really is the secret. >> host: it's an exciting story. one of the areas in your book where you reveal some new facts was related to the gm ford merger discussions. and gm's real interest in pursuing that, you might talk about that process and then maybe thoughts of what that would've meant for the industry if something like that had occurred. >> guest: we have talked about just the conversation for years what would happen if gm and ford, two biggest american car companies were the big one. it would even be a big three. just one company through all the resources together, all their market share, kind of a good hypothetical. there's n

last night it was the new fiat made by gucci. >> that's what that was?s really cute. >> how much did that cost? >> it wasn't a lot. i went online to look. i drove a fiat in college. >> you did? >> i'm partial. spider convertible. >> loved it? >> i loved that car. >> i remember those cars. >> my friend rob -- >> $24,000. >> for the gucci fiat? well, it's the size of this desk. it's little. >> good price with gucci attached. >> the gucci green and the red and stick shift. >> the motor is your feet, like the flintstones. >> that's okay. you can wear it like an accessory. >> j.lo is doing well now. >> do you know who else was good? marc anthony. >> you watched? >> i did. >> i stopped watching when the beastie boys retired. >> that was a long time ago. >> better than tony. he still thinks the beatles are still together. >> they are, aren't they? >>> let's get to radar. got a couple of splashes of sunshine out there. >> we do? >> well -- >> oh, good. >> tony, it's trying. the sun is trying to peek out. it's not really succeeding. i don't think it will a lot he

you're saying he can do it by fiat? by fiat. >> he's done all kinds of things by fiat, hasn't he?ed largely by fiat. >> mark, mark, you're wrong on the facts here. there was a bill passed last year under the republican leadership, saying that he's not allowed to move prisoners from guantanamo. he's not permitted to do this, under u.s. law, passed by the congress. so he can't do this by fiat. they took away in the first year money from the defense department that would let him close down guantanamo. and democrats, too, so not a majority, but some democrats went along with that as well. so he made this promise. he's been trying hard to do it, and he ran into a roadblock. but i think more importantly, going back to mitt romney, if i may -- >>> that's absurd. you're an apologist for him. he had two years of congress where he had control of both houses of congress. he's a flip-flopper, he's a flip-flopper, there was no filibuster. >> mark, you opened up this door, and i want to ask you this. give me an example where he's changed positions, where he says, i want to do something, and the

. >> rose: what do you think of fiat and chrysler? >> that is going to be a surisingly good marriage >> rose: really? >> yeah. >> but they get a bit downgraded because they did it. >> yeah, i mean it is a lot for fiat to take on and fiat is never in the past couple of decades been a particularly strong car company. >> rose: but they got a good ceo now. >> that is the poi. >> again he would never define himself as a car guy, but he did transform fiat products from ing cheap, tinny, poor interiors, he made them look and feel like german cars, you know, well put together, well -- >> rose: like german cars. >> yeah. so he did a terrific job and when you look at the new chrysler products, they are beautiful fits and finishes, beautiful interiors, the new jeep grand cherokee has one of the best interiors i have ever seen on any product from any country, so i think what we are witnessing is all three american car compies are currently being well led by people not traditional automobile finance people. >> rose: right. >> and all three ceos ha

jenny said she is from the block but was never actually in the block in her new fiat ad.s after you eat turkey tomorrow. what's next? we get the scoop from today.com's pop culture columnist. you have my stamp of approval on all these topics because i know something about each one. let's start with the block. >> jenny from the block didn't go back to the block. we're talk b the bronx neighborhood where she grew up. the commercial airs like every four minutes on your televisions. here you see jenny ruling through the gritty streets, stopping to dance from time to time spontaneously. it turns out that was a body double. jennifer lopez was in los angeles. are we surprised by this? i don't really know about that. are we misled? absolutely. even the advertising agency behind the ad said afterwards, they describe this commercial as jennifer lopez exploring her personal take on how life in the new york city continues to inspire her to stay sharper. think faster. the obviously wanted you to think this was very, very real. went to great lengths to say that. >> like she drove that f

gave gm for the uaw and chrysler to fiat. let's see what the associated press had to say about there. they are reporting that the uaw trust got a 17.5% stake in general motors, a much smaller stake than the american people got, which was about 30%. fiat got just about a 20% stake in chrysler, so neither really fits. now, to rule on the accuracy of these statements, we wanted to dust off the rev-o-meter, and that judges them on a scale, so on this particular point, we are going to give governor romney a three-quarter bloggo, mostly misleading. to the statement that the bailout was wrong, that of course is his opinion, but it did save an estimated 1.4 million jobs, rev, back to you. >> lincoln is a republican. blago is the democrat -- don't ever accuse me of being partisan. >> of course. >> clearly we can have our own opinions. romney was not only factually correct, i disagree with his stance. where are you on this? >> i don't think it's necessarily that important where i am, per se. if you talk to people in detroit, they're ve

. >>> finally, not content to be paid for her normal 30-second tv ad for fiat.r lopez is being accused of brazen product placement ever for her on-stage routine with the car during sunday's am a's. john legend an award presenter spoke for many when he tweeted that it's the most shameless thing in a performance. i was shocked. >> i was shocked too when i saw it. >> going through the roof of a fiat. >> they do a lot of those things during the awards. there was another 3d video thing that they did for an unnamed company because we won't give them any more press. >> now you're selling them. >> way too early is coming up next. >>> the super committee, a small bipartisan group designed to show that congress can still get things done on behalf of the american people fails miserably after ten weeks to get anything done for the american people. the question a lot of people are asking this morning is, is this outside our gridlock two-party system. there must be. tahrir square is full with protesters meeting violent resistance from the egyptian military. the question is, n

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. >> so has fiat. shameless plug for the car. >> she is fabulous.om puerto rico myself. come on. look at the show. >> the performance. and a big win. >> best latin favorite. latin artist. jennifer lopez in the last seven months between "american idol," a successful album, fiesta campaign, a popular clothing line at kohl's, she's sitting pretty, works very hard. and adam levine, one of the judges on "the voice" two major singles on the radio this year, they won best group first time they have ever won an award. maroon five, once again, one of the band that people had written off a year ago. right now sitting on top of the world. >> great group. >> great voice. >> adele. >> she won two of four. nominations come around, she will probably have a slew. >> grammies are the more prestigious. >> voted on by industry. peers. producers. record engineers. whereas the american music awards are more popularity contest voted by the fans. >> got you. >> a good show. >> what was your favorite part of the show, the last? >> the lmfao, i think you have to be on mushr

fiat is looking into this to see if they have the rights too to use this.according to the company looking at it right there. >> this is the second bed about thing to happen. j-lo was never in the video. >> she can go back to the block. >> graffiti even though it's illisit in so many ways, it is artwork. you wouldn't think of doing that when you are coming down the fdr. >> you can see it from the train station. >> that's right. >> we will see what happens. i hope they get a chance to observe it. >> the men who won the connecticut power ball lottery is the highest winning in connecticut history. $254 million or $103 million a month sum. the three money managers -- >> and they won millions. >> they are the 1%. no law said rich people are not allowed to buy a lottery ticket. you want it to be an up from your boot straps kind of story. now there is a twist. there reports out that these three might be a front for the real winner. this didn't happen overnight. connecticut was looking for the winners of the ticket and said please come forward. there is a theory out

. >> and, she has this new commercial for fiat. had a fiat. shameless product promotion.y. great performance. >> they're paying her. >> paying her well. the show ended with the guys here. and they gave a great ending performance. david hasselhoff inexplicably was there. justin bieber. widest ending to the show. those guys, cranked up the party. gave an exclamation point to a cool night. >> i loved it. ashton kucher wasn't there. >> no, busy with his new girl. >> he looks to give relationship advice, apparently. in "men's health" he is dishing out relationship advice apparently. and he also said some things in "women's health" which got folks talking. when asked the best advice he had ever gotten. i think it is about working on the relationship. when it is good. don't wait for a problem to work on things. the goal is not to get into a relationship, the goal ties be in a relationship. >> whatever that means. >> i don't know who would take relationship advice from ashton. >> who cares, dude. oh, whatever, ashton. just enjoy "two and a half men" for six episodes. >> oprah, st

and the other car -- well, that's this little two-door fiat, 1995 fiat, is what they use for family vacations. him and the five kids and the dog. and they go on vacation in argentina. listen, this isn't as desperate as the countries this lady was asking about. this isn't malawi. this isn't the most tragic sob story you ever heard but it's one heck of a lot worse off. it's a typical example of what's happened to the middle class in that country. and no principled government wants to put its people through that. if they put their people through that, they're going to be thrown out on they're. in fact, the evidence overwhelming suggests that almost as soon as a government defaults, that, you know, that the government -- that they fall. they are all forced to resign. this happens in case after case. so i simply don't buy the argument that -- that there's a terrible moral hazard set up here to use an economist term. that argentina will provide a beacon for the rest of the world to follow because if they really look closely at what has happened there, and if the -- even just -- forget what happened

vague statements from both fiat and lopez's reps back up the story.ne and fly to new york and shoot this in the bronx. >> she's a great actress, which we know. she definitely show it is there. let's switch gohrs here. there's a major star is embracing a great idea, new idea in the music world, his very own app. >> exactly. we're talking about sting here and he's released an app for the ipad. it's free, mind you and it chronicles 25 years, the last 25 years of his career basically. he says he looks at this app as a replacement for cd liner note, which we all know are kind of going out of style and it's also a really great way to archive his body of work. in the app you see rare photos, there's commentary from sting and of course there's a lot of sting's music and there's some exclusive footage from his 60th birthday concert, which took place in october which included a really star-studded lineup, bruce springsteen, stevie woer. in the spirit of full disclosure, i should point out my interview with sting for cnn which aired recently is also on his app,

. >>> jennifer lopez is taking more flack from that fiat ad campaign. the smoking gun reports j. lo filmed the commercial without stepping foot in her hometown the bronx. reportedly a body double was used to film the new york street scenes while close-ups of lopez were done in l.a. >>> first we heard pippa middleton's dress were hitting shelves. replica that kristin stewart wears are being sold for $799. >>> she may only be 5 years old but "in touch" says suri cruise is writing her own children's book. really? however, a rep for mom kate holmes says the online report is false. >> i'm just shocked she's 5 already. >>> and finally, kim kardashian may have ordered her christmas cards a wee too early. rad radaronline says she had high-end cards featuring, what else, the wedding portrait of her and her soon-to-be ex-husband kris humphries. >> or she could have sent them out. >>> well, this comes to us from wbbh nbc 2 in ft. lauderdale -- or ft. myers, rather, florida, where nearby charlotte county one man is going above and yobd to return a treasure trove of memories to its mystery ow

. >>> jennifer lopez is taking more flack from that fiat ad campaign. the smoking gun reports j. lo filmed the commercial without stepping foot in her hometown the bronx. reportedly a body double was used to film the new york street scenes while close-ups of lopez were done in l.a. >>> first we heard pippa middleton's dress were hitting shelves. replica that kristin stewart wears are being sold for $799. sorry, bill distracts me. kardashian had high-end cards designed in september featuring the wedding portrait of her and her soon-to-be-ex. i'm sure there was a longer window before the divorce. maybe she thought she'd squeeze in christmas. >> that's a rule. any time we mention pippa, we have to show her in the dress from the wedding. >> what? no picture? i apologize for that. we'll get that going right away. and nbc 2 in if the meyers, florida, one man is going above and beyond to return a treasure-trove of memories to its mystery owners. he had no clu he was holding a collection of precious moments when he found a memory card in the parking lot. the digital photo chip contained

. >>> and finally, not content to be paid for her normal 30-second fiat tv ad spots. jennifer lopez is accused of the most brazen product placement ever for her onstage routine with a car during sunday's american music awards. john legend, actually an award presenter, spoke for many when he tweeted that had to be the most shameless thing i've ever seen in a performance. i was genuinely shocked. bill, did you watch that on sunday? did you miss it? >> i watched the beginning part. it looked like someone just left the car there on the stage by mistake. >> i remember seeing it. is that actually a car? then she had trouble opening the door which maze it more amusing. >>> this comes from kare 11 news in minneapolis, minnesota, where a soldier used a football game to give 50,000 fans and his family something to be thankful for this holiday. staff sergeant matthew helget ank shut shusly awaited to give his daughter and wife the surprise of a lifetime. jamie and 8-year-old madison were watching his taped greeting from kuwait when he snuck up behind them. the very happy family

she re-created her commercial at the amas so her affection for fiat is genuine, i'm sure her affectionin a world where we can't rely on the sanctity of television commercials.

she re-created her commercial at the amas so her affection for fiat is genuine, i'm sure her affectionin a world where we can't rely on the sanctity of television commercials. if you can't trust advertising to give it to you straight, who can you trust? we'll find out that the aflac duck doesn't talk. the bands in those free credit report commercials we'll find ou

lo might wish she never did that big endor endorsement feel for fiat.for not doing the commercial in the bronx. now, a graffiti artist says one of the murals was used by fiat without their permission. fiat says they are investigating whether the image is properly secured. i know. >> can't get out of their own way. >> not so good. and apparently, sales not so good, either. >>> and can you imagine lady gaga, a lonely old woman, living in a giant house, with only her hit records to keep her company? in an upcoming "vanity fair" interview, she says that's what a former lover told her would become of her. she says all of her relationships start well but inevitably crash and burn. according to gaga, the problem is men want to compete with her. and if it came down to her career and her lover, she would pick her little monsters every time. >> somebody says -- who hasn't been told that in a breakup? >> plenty of times. >> you will never make it on your own. >> on behalf of all men, gaga, sorry. >> you've said that before, haven't you? >> i don't know what you're

she re-created her commercial at the amas so her affection for fiat is genuine, i'm sure her affectionbronx is as well. but how are we to function in a world where we can't rely on the sanctity of television commercials. if you can't trust advertising

thanks to strong sales of its fiat 500 and its jeep brand, chrysler posted a 27% gain in sales. at ford, sales rose 6%. but general motors was way behind; its sales edged up only 1.5%. as for the big japanese automakers, toyota continues its bumpy comeback from the spring's earthquake-related supply chain issues. its sales fell almost 7%. but toyota says it hopes to exceed year-ago sales levels in the u.s. during the fourth quarter. already, for toyota and other auto companies, showroom foot traffic is picking up speed. as diane eastabrook reports, its the result of new products and pent-up demand. >> the interior is absolutely fabulous. >> reporter: for toyota dealer kurt schiele the new redesigned camry, which sports a high-tech multimedia system, is the best thing to happen to his dealership in awhile. last spring's earthquake and tsunami in japan left many japanese auto dealers scrambling for inventory just as consumer demand for new vehicles started improving. schiele was down to one 2011 camry when the new models rolled onto his lot a couple of weeks ago. >> the problem wa

. >>> jennifer lopez is taking more flack from that fiat ad campaign. the smoking gun reports j. stepping foot in her hometown the bronx. reportedly a body double was used to film the new york street scenes while close-ups of lopez were done in l.a. >>> first we heard pippa middleton's dress was hitting shelves. replicas that kristin stewart wears are being sold for $799. ç >>> kim kardashian may have ordered a christmas card a little too early. she had high end designer cards made in september featuring a wedding portrait of her and her ex-husband. minor detail. this is what happens when you're only married for 72 days. >> we're already sending christmas cards out? >> she just got ready a little bit early. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc." geist" starts right now. >>> the republican presidential field assembles in washington to debate foreign policy with romney and huntsman mixing it up on leaving afghanistan and newt gingrich showing that bleed bleeding heart of his on immigration. will last night change the way you feel about any of these kand d candidates? m