>> ford has come roaring back, its profits surging after convincing consumers that fords are better than foreign cars. >> i love the idea that this is an american-made car. it gave people in my country jobs. >> so how did ford change its car and its business? ironically, ceo alan mulally used toyota as his model as he turned ford around. >> every vehicle would be best in class in terms of quality, fuel efish aenls, safety, smart design, and best value. >> to get there, ford went back to the drawing board, designing sturdier, safer cars. it added more testing to the assembly line and marketing the changes relentlessly. >> look at you talking me into a ford. >> they have gone head to head with the imports on quality, which is something they avoided years ago. >> consumer reports now finds 90% of fords better or average in reliability. in crash tests, they now share top safety ratings. american consumers are finally taking notice and not just with ford. giving u.s. automakers new respect for the first time in years. look at the change in the matchup with asia. four years ago, the united sta

he cleaned up ford's balance sheet.ple aren't counting that in this stuff. $10 billion debt restructuring in march 2009. same time gm and chrysler were on government life support. here's ford doing all the right things, and these are guys, what are they doing? they're going to the government. receiving 17.4 billion in federal handouts in december of 2008. asking for another $21.6 billion more in mid march of 2009. in end gm and chrysler were still forced into bankruptcy. ford has been meanwhile taking share left in right in 2009 under alan's leadership. he didn't take a dime from the federal government. and instead restructured ford while managing the unions. he took a laggard, turned it into an industry leader, all while the american industry -- auto industry crumble around him. see, i think that's got to be included. that has to be a factor in the worth of a ceo, even as it's not one you can slap a number on or make an easy comparison versus 499 other ceos. look, let's just forgeted ford's 337% gain last year. what do

the strong results stood out, because ford is the only u.s. automaker that did not take bailout loans from the government. ford earned 46 cents a share, 15 cents more than analysts estimates. going forward, the company warned it might not be able to match those numbers because of higher prices on raw materials. in dearborn, michigan, today, diane esterbrook asked ford c.e.o. alanmulally. >> what was driving profits for ford in that last quarter? >> the main drivers were the strengths of our products themselves, especially sales. on the sales side, we were up 37% year over year. we increased our market share by 2.7 percentage points which is incredible. then also, our revenue was up 37%. that combined with our continuing focus on quality and productivity allowed us to turn in that great operating profit. >> reporter: the market share was very noticeable. up a couple of points. do you think you can continue those kind of gains throughout the rest of the year? >> i don't know about the exact amount of the gains, but in our guidance we said we wou

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i don't know about ford's hallowed 2k3wr0u7bd of 14.he bottom line-u may want to convict goldman sachs. you may want to look back like lot's wife and turn into a pillar of salt because you're checking out the sodom and gomorrah news, which is how the seventh-graders in brooklyn view us on wall street. us? uh-uh. i shouldn't say us. i ain't wall street. no way. us, we are looking to the future. we're not looking at sodom or gomorr gomorrah. we don't want to turn into a pillar of salt like lot's wife. we'd much rather help you rake in the alan'ss or the benjaminsy finding the next great speculative investments like ford, sallie mae, huntington banc, and now the $4 stock that is sprint. let's hope we have people who als also want to look forward and don't want to turn into pillars of salt. let's talk to gary in michigan. gary. >> caller: big buckeye boo-yah, jim. >> hey, buckeye boo-yah right back at you. >> caller: i'm calling about the way ak steel is getting beat up. i listened to the conference call. they said second quarter shipments

in ford's case, henry ford set up for it, to operate in all the countries around the world.e so pleased to be accelerating the offering of all of our ford products and all of those markets. clearly the united states and the americas are a very important market, it's large, it's growing. same way in europe. but the fastest, the smallest but the fastest growing is clearly asia pacific. and we have a good presence there and now we're introducing all of these fabulous ford vehicles in indiana and also in china. they just love the ford brand. >> i'm going to take you off topic for a second. one time when you and i talked, you then headed over to capitol hill here, and you and your colleagues in the auto industry took quite a beating. >> i remember well. >> you remember that, right. and now the folks at goldman are the subject of their attention today. any advice for folks taking a beating on capitol hill? >> well, i think the most important thing is to -- is to really try to help everybody understand that where you are and where you're going. in ford's case, we were honored to be

the ford foundation had a building there, had a lot of people there. it was spending a lot of money there. however, in relationship to the sheer scale of india, it was a drop in the bubt what they were doing. and yet, in the long run the ford foundation, the rock feller foundation brought about the green revolution. you know, transforming life. why? because they were strategic and they did things very wisely. they didn't just spread the money around. and so it doesn't take vast amtse of money. it takes clever people who are looking deeper and broader. now, but let me add one further issue -- point. and that is that running through this entire conversation today and everything you hear in washington this week or in the

. >> how have your ford dealers been behaving. >> ford's done very well, up 40% for the entire quarter so it's very impressive number. ford accrued a dramatic brand goodwill from the american people by not taking a government bailout. then they had extraordinary products there ready and waiting. because ford was never as disrupted as general motors and chrysler were in the whole product development cycle. so you put the two together, business is very good for ford motor company. >> with the general motors just this week paying back taxpayers in the united states and canada, do you anticipate ford will be able to hold those customers it was able to attract away from general motors during the bailout days? >> this is a very important step for general motors to pay back all the government loans, way ahead of schedule. once again the american people are going to look at that and say i like that. and you combine that with the fact that general motors has very good products, here in the marketplace. some of them are completely sold out. that bodes well for general motors. in the broader cont

alan mulally was celebrating a 43% spike in ford sales, led by its midsized sedan the ford fusion. how many of these are you selling? >> a lot. we're going up every month. >> reporter: fusion sales skyrocketed in march, up nearly 80% from a year ago. the ford focus and mustang were also up more than 50%. >> look at the elegance of it! >> reporter: mullaly said ford is benefitting from being the only u.s. auto maker to avoid bankruptcy. so you think it's been a good selling point? >> i think that people like, not only great productes, but they like people running a strong business. >> reporter: but g.m. also rode a surge last month. sales from its four core brands, buick, gmc, chevrolet, and cadillac, were up 43%. even recall-plagued toyota saw a strong rebound in sales after it offered 0% financing. >> i need to get the customers back into the showrooms to kick the tires again, and nothing like putting some cash out to do that. >> reporter: detroit is coming off its worst year in a quarter century. fiewrg than 10.5 million vehicles were sold in this country last year, but analysts

he resigned over ford's pardon of richard nixon.before that, he was a newspaper man, reporter and columnist. he was in the motorcade, in fact, when jfk was assassinated in dallas. he covered nixon's trip to china. he was a marine officer in world war ii. he was 87 years old. >>> when we come back here tonight, a name change. ♪ [ female announcer ] nancy decided she can't afford so many bathroom detours when sixty percent off is at stake, so today, she's talking to her doctor about overactive bladder. teri decided she's tired of always stopping to "go," so today, she's talking to her doctor, too. if you have overactive bladder symptoms, today is the day to talk to your doctor and ask about prescription toviaz. one toviaz pill a day significantly reduces sudden urges and accidents over 24 hours, all day and all night. plus, toviaz comes with a simple plan with tips on food and drink choices and training your bladder. if you have certain stomach problems or glaucoma, or cannot empty your bladder, you should not take toviaz. toviaz can

we just got done talking about the ford pinto. they forced that out of production. the core of there, they forced that out of production. -- the corvair, they forced that out of production. >> if you look at the fine but the government wants to collect, that is 16 times higher than the highest to date. i dare say that toyota would say that you are picking on us at not gm. we look at the government as an equal opportunity regulator. if an auto company does wrong, it should be put to task. today it is toyota, the market could be ford or gm. >> one last call. >> we will have to end it there. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >> if you have watched our coverage on c-span of the hearings of cleo and opposite the overall, if you want to watch them again or if you have not seen them, go to c-span.org. you can see them all there. thank you for being with us this evening. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> in a few moments, a briefing on nuclear weapons policy with defense secreta

toyota's loss is ford's gain? >> absolutely. i think there's no doubt that the problems with toyota at least brought people into ford show rooms to look at vehicles. the research has shown for all the american automakers, once you get people into the show room, you've got a good chance of closing the sale. >> phil lebeau, thank you so much. >>> off the coast of louisiana, that massive oil spill may reach land by saturday and crews are working around the clock to stop that. nbc's ron mott is in new orleans this morning. ron, what are they doing to try to stem the tide of this massive oil spill? >> reporter: hey there good morning. you can see the agitated lake pontchartrain behind me. officials off the gulf trying to scoop up all that oil have their work cut out for them today. probably are dealing with six to seven-foot swells down there. they're trying to shut off a valve on the seafloor, 5,000 feet below the surface of the water. they're using remote-controlled submersibles. they can't get the valve shut off, we're perhaps loo

and, by the way, bob was covering the ford white house when stevens was nominated. hi, bob. >> schieffer: (laughs) hi, katie. >> couric: we thought that was an interesting fact. meanwhile, president obama's nominee is unlikely to have as easy a time getting confirmed as justice stevens did. >> schieffer: katie, it is never easy these days, but the white house really wants to concentrate on jobs and the economy going into this midterm election and the last thing the president needs is a long drown out fight over a supreme court nominee. so every sign i see points to the president nominating someone quickly. and by that i mean in the next week or so. and he, of course, can't change the ideological tilt of the court, that's for sure. but my sense is they will go with the person they believe can be most easily confirmed. they want this done, if possible, by the august recess. just too much risk of mischief if it goes beyond that. so look for a white house announcement very soon. the big question, how much of a fight will republicans put up? we won't know the answer to t

that's ford's largest quarterly market share gain since 1977. ford's entire lineup saw higher sales, most notably in s.u.v.s and pickups, enough to make the company optimistic about consumer confidence. we'll find out more about ford's quarterly performance when it reports earnings at the end of the month. >> susie: it's crunch time, with just two days to go until your federal taxes are due back at the i.r.s. and kevin mccormally is here to help. he's editorial director at kiplinger's personal finance. in tonight's "tax tips", kevin takes on the 1099 mine field. >> the i.r.s. loves those little pieces of paper called information returns, you know, the forms the agency gets from all sorts of companies about your money. the w-2 from your boss and various 1099s. here is a key piece of information, money reported on 1099s isn't always taxable. the 1099 i.m.p. covers taxable interest and tax-free interest. the 1099 "b" shows proceeds of sales. i have one friend who got a 1099 "b" showing $50,000, even though he didn't sell any stock in 2009. he did h

. >> susie: ford is recalling about 33,000 of its 2010 cars and s.u.v.s. the automaker needs to replace potentially faulty front seats. the models are the 2010 explorer, explorer sport trac, mercury mountaineer, as well as the 2010 ford fusion and mercury milan. ford said it had no reports of accidents or injuries related to the defect. customers and ford dealerships will receive letters on how to deal with the problem next week. >> tom: competition among e-readers is heating up. today, barnes and noble's nook added a software update allowing users to surf the web and play games like chess and sudoku. amazon's kindle already has a basic web browser. this weekend, a test of sorts will start with the kindle going on sale in dozens of target stores in minneapolis and florida. more stores will sell it later this year. both the kindle and the nook face competition from apple's ipad that debuted earlier this month. hd2pp( >> the bull market continues to run with the three major indices hitting post-recession highs. in tonight's market montermark skousen editor o

ford is on a roll right now. this company is expected a fourth straight quarterly profit due to extremely strong q1 sales. not only the fact that sales are strong, but it's the content in those vehicles. that's pushing profit margins up, as well. ford is profiting from the higher content in the vehicles and that's a part of the turn around that has not gotten enough attention and that's the reason that ford is able to benefit from the fact that it doesn't have as much incentives on the vehicles, they were lower than the competition last quarter. when you take a look at the stock over the last year, heck of a run. now trading over $14 a share this. although, when you see the numbers today, do not be surprised if they are stronger than 31 cents a share. allen mulally, we'll be talking with him first on power lunch on cnbc. allen mulally, he has a track record over overdelivering, underpromising, and so wall street has been way off over the last four quarters. i would not surprised if wall street is off today. we'll

ford foundation? >> yes, we're doing close to 200 interviews with people who have known president and mrs. ford. >> how do you do it? i mean, how is it set up and what kind of rules are there about people that talk? can they -- i mean, do you release it right away? >> no, you -- no, again, everyone has their own approach to this. you want people to be candid. you want people to feel comfortable. and particularly there is a debate about whether you should use a camera or not. and there are those who will say well, people will be less candid if they know they're being videotaped. my experience is exactly the opposite if they're comfortable with the interviewer and the subject. and so basically, for example, the ford project, all of these are being videotaped. they will be held initially by the foundation which is the private organization sponsoring this. none of them will be released before 2013 which is the ford centenary. they may be held for a biography. they may wind up on the web. they may find the

we just got done talking about the ford pinto. they forced that out of production. the core of there, they forced that out of production. -- the corvair, they forced that out of production. >> if you look at the fine but the government wants to collect, that is 16 times higher than the highest to date. i dare say that toyota would say that you are picking on us at not gm. we look at the government as an equal opportunity regulator. if an auto company does>> we wi. >> this year's studentscam asked middle school and high-school students to create a five-eight minute video to address this country's greatest strengths. here is one of the third-place winners. >> there are many challenges that our country is facing. however, the greatest of these challenges are the abuse of alcohol by minors. these united states had many strengths but with every strength there are bad effects. >> alcohol is far and away the top drug of abuse by american teens. children under the age of 21 drink 25% of the alcohol consumed in the united states. more than 5 million high-school students admi

ford, sales were nearly up 40%, gm, 22%. chrysler, still struggling, posted an 8% decline. american automakers offer generous incentives, too, but gm in particular wants to lessen its dependence on the special deals. its executives say they want to earn market share, not buy it. last month, gm's average incentive per car or $3500. a year ago, nearly $5,000. >> it's a bad merry go round to get on. if you offer the incentives, people start to expect them. >> reporter: but the strong march sales, the best since cash for clunkers, reinforce a growing confidence among consumers. one more sign the economy is on the mend. chris bury, abc news, chicago. >>> and also on the car front, cutting emissions and boosting fuel efficiency in the future. cars and light trucks will have to average 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. about 40% better than today. but the changes could add about $1,000 to the cost of a car in six years. >>> and now, the census, in this multiracial world. president obama made an unscheduled stop outside boston to get a

you know how i feel about ford and its ceo alan mulally. i think ford's heading higher. i think it can see 17 rather rapidly after it reports, courtesy of bond rating upgrades and number bumps. you've just got a nice discount for no real reason. i'd consider buying some of the retailers and retail derivative plays like hot topic. my dad called me yesterday, said i never looked so good. hey, dad, that was a wig. i know you know that. or scott's miracle-gro smg. i've been trying to figure out how they could come down so you could get into some of them so cheap. then goldman happens. same with home depot which i own for my charitable trust. i've been itching to get more of that one. and don't forget online retail king amazon, down 3% today, which reports next thursday. down 3%. might be like boeing, though. amazon could be a chance to buy some, and then buy more of it. if anyone thinks the future of amazon's getting darker, not brighter, i mean, come on, could be a great opportunity. don't blow it. finally, there's apple. here's the stock that was rallying big right into th

aggressive incentives also boosted sales at ford motor, up 40%. and at g.m., march sales were up 21%. the numbers are exaggerated by easy comparisons to last year, when the recession was in full swing. but chrysler is still struggling to gain traction-- sales there fell 8% last month. >> susie: auto dealers are still counting on a blockbuster spring selling season. consumers are back in showrooms, and it looks like they're ready to buy again. but as diane eastabrook reports, the economy is still the wild card. >> reporter: they're back. consumers flocked to dealer lots last month, thanks to warmer temperatures, a string of incentives, and optimism about the u.s. economy. tom bavone is seeing a complete change in customer attitude at his ford dealership. >> they talk about their jobs are doing well. they feel more secure in their jobs and they seem happier, you know. it's better than it was a year ago. >> reporter: it certainly couldn't get much worse. last year, auto makers experienced one of the worst years ever. u.s. sales plunged 30% from 2008

your local ford dealer invitings to you experience ford like never before. ford, drive one!mike: unbelievable how the games continue to go like if for the orioles. here is kevin millwood, nothing but spectacular in his performance, but now trails. it has been 2-1 since the 4th inning . >> gary: and, again, it comes with 2 down. we showed you earlier how the orioles have surrendered ones with 2 outs and an inning. and it was an error that opened it up. other at 3rd. allowing mcdonald to reach. intended the inning. gonzalez, the other home run game in the 4th. fouled that one back. and a 2 ball, 2 strikes out. and bautista getting 2nd career home run off millwood. and his 2 rbi shot has given him the lead. , so again t orioles are going to have to come back in the game. that one is foul, and gonzalez holds that count to 2 balls and 2 strikes. 9 home runs hit by the jays in the first 6 games of this season. wells leading the charts with 4. here is the 2-2 delivery. and that one the to left field and add another. good-bye home run! that is a fair ball. gonzalez gets his 2nd of t

>> during the ford administration. i am ashamed to say that i wrote a piece about the experience for the washington post. it was intended to be a tumor -- a humorous peace. here we were, all of these kids that were there because we knew people who knew people, and there was not a whole lot of substance. it was a somewhat comical situation. >> the white house intern ship is back. >> i often said that if bill clinton had only read my article, that history would be very different. subsequent presidents brought it back and the rest is history. >> should there be internships? >> i think it should it is different from what this program was. these were a bunch of political will connected kids that were given legwork. >> what is the best training for someone who thinks they want to be like either one of you, a historian? >> major in history and go for a master's and maybe a doctorate. right all the time. reade hell good people right. you can learn to write well by reading tom wolfe as much as you can as well as reading academi

when he was put in, the word from ford was he wanted somebody with the best judicial mind and came up with stevens. now president obama wants someone very similar. the president is considering ten people at potential nominees. >> i view the process of selecting a supreme court nominee among my most serious responsibilities at president. while we can not replace justice stevens' experience or which is some, i will seek someone with similar qualities. >> this is obviously a political battle. some republicans will fight the president tooth and nail. in fact we only have to look back to last year when the president nominate the justice sonya sotomayor. with us, "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace in the a block. it's a big day in washington. where does this go? >> obviously it depends on who the president chooses. he can have a fight or he can get someone through easily like sotomayor. the three names is that the president will look first at the people who were the also rans in the sonya meyer nomination. two circuit court judges, diane wood and merit garden. alena was a former dean at

the most innovative full- size sedan in america: the taurus, from ford.ive one. >>> welcome back to the most news in the morning. it's 39 minutes past the hour right now. you've probably seen the headlines of tragic deaths. stars like heath ledger, michael jackson, but america's problem with prescription drug addiction is growing in places far away from the hollywood spotlight. it can be deadly not only for the addict, but in some cases for the doctor who comes between the addict and his fix. carol costello joins us live from washington with the latest installment of our special series "addicted." good morning, carol. >> good morning, kieran. it's easy to sit back and shake your head about people addicted to prescription drugs. you say it's sad, but it won't touch my life, well that isn't true. it is so pervasive and so dangerous for doctors he or she may refuse to write you a prescription no matter how much you're hurting. small town america with a big problem, pill poppers. >> i didn't really realize how bad it was getting until after i'd gotten out of

your local ford dealer invites you to experience ford like never before. ford. drive one. i'm gary thorne with mike flanagan. seventh inning stretch time. can you tell? and right now these fans hoping that the orioles can find a way to do something that has so far avoided them. getting some runs late in a ballgame. >> mike: they only scored two runs after the 6th inning all year. >> gary: and that's a big ouch. matt garza has gone the distance so far with a couple of walks. and four strikeouts. orioles, markakis, luke and atkins are going to be up. they have left three on base and garza has retired ten in a row. so right now it's any way to get on against him. pie with a home run in the 1st inning of the only run for the orioles. that was true in the ballgame yesterday. the orioles got two in the 1st inning and thenning nothing happened. >> mike: seven base hits in yesterday's game. just four tonight. >> gary: two runs. seventh inning on. matt garza will work against wieters, who has singled and struck out. that was the seven game hit streak now. and the big shift put on h

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thanks to his desk job at ford, he bought this house in the suburbs. >> ford was very good to me andmily. >> reporter: 19 years? >> yes. yes. it opened doors that i had never imagined. life was good. >> reporter: michigan's auto workers at the peak in 1978 numbered nearly 500,000. but then one plant after another shut down. by 2009, the workforce dwindled to less than 100,000. the middle class, and especially middle-class african-americans, have been hit hard. tom douglas was one of the casualties. >> never thought i'd be on the brink of being uninsured, jobless, collecting unemployment. >> reporter: now the douglas family is trying to save their home and turning to others for help, like the food bank at their son's school, which sends home a backpack full of free food every week. cordette understands what it's like to struggle to feed her family. like many in detroit, she relies on food stamps. she considers herself fortunate because she has a car, and she can drive to the discount supermarket closest to her. she buys mostly canned goods. >> we don't have a fresh produce supplier ar

even a car, ford fiesta almost $3,000 more. if you're a consumer, you're being taxed anyway and you're worried about health care and now this, everything you buy more tax, tax, tax, tax, enough, stop! >> that means shut go the wallets? >> well, you know, the vat tax is another tool. they can use it any way they want, temporarily, adjustable rate and the primary tax and we do away with income tax.

- the ford firestone issue. before that, the fine was down in the hundreds of thousands. we were the first ones to cross that million dollar barrel. ford was slow to report a windshield wiper defect that was a safety threat. going to $16 million, to the full extent of the law, sends a message to the industry that they are serious. >> i read one critics saying that "toyota embarrassed the agency and that is where this is coming from." what do you think? >> the agency's mission oriented. it does not have all of the tools it might need. it is usually outgunned by the global industry. this was critic for a national industry. we transitioned to a global industry. it is trying to maintain the rules. what you do is you find people who have gone over the rules and you hold them accountable. $16 million is not a lot for a company making $200 million. but it is the largest amount allowed by law, a strong message. >> are you saying that nhtsa cannot live up to its responsibilities? that it is not adequately funded and does

president ford had just one chance to name one justice and he chose john paul stevens of chicago. a recent poll showed only about 1% of americans knew his name, but his rulings as a justice affected every american in this country. today justice john paul stevens, the oldest member of the court, the most senior justice, the leading liberal announced he's leaving the bench. president obama now gets to appoint his second justice, but tonight when you read what the other eight justices are saying, you understand they're losing a close and valued friend on the bench. we begin our coverage here tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you on a windy friday. about the only surprise is the timing of this announcement, 11 days before his 90th birthday. justice stevens has been signaling for weeks that this term of the court would probably be his last. john paul stevens will leave the supreme court after nearly 34 1/2 years. the third longest service in the court's history. in a one-sentence letter addressed, "my dear mr.

they will not be allowed the best deal because ford motor credit is now going to be forced to take on additional cost when hedging their interest rates. can anyone tell me why we're treating john deere and ford motor credit's work exactly the same as cul-de-sacs? also entities like coke industries were hedging their risk and also engaged in developing products for their customers hedging needs should not in and rene be captured in a new regulatory category designed to apply to big financial dealers. but that's exactly what this legislation does. coke and goldman sachs swap businesses will essentially be regulated in the same line. treating these entities like dealers may force them to stop offering these products to their customers. in which case the customers will have no other options but to see products from the large dealers like komen saks and other wall street bankers. today have heard the stock price of goldman sachs is up and this explains it. they will get increased opportunities to make more money with this and why do you want to essentially lessen competition and drive the

ford? how about ford? >> well, it's -- yeah, profits you mean are coming back. >> larry: yeah.rs. >> yeah. any workers coming back? have you heard that at? >> larry: nobody's heard that. >> talk about the recovering economy. it doesn't recover unless people are working. and we have millions and millions of people. we have one of the highest unemployment rates. >> larry: wouldn't it be logical if more people by cars. >> you would hope that would happen. has that happened? because they have been doing better. ford has been doing better. >> larry: how about housing prices ticking up. people are buying more houses. aren't you encouraged by anything? >> i'm always encouraged to hear good news. we also -- look, larry, my role is to give voice to those and there are still hundreds of thousands of people whose homes are being foreclosed upon. there needs to be a moratorium promised during the campaign of '08 so people have a chance to catch up. the obama administration has done a number of things to help, but, you know, for those who have done well in the past and are doing well now, t

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ford is going to be your focus next week, guys because earnings come out for the first week for ford and big numbers expected from ford. no longer going to be a surprise when ford posts big numbers and it is going to be expected. we'll be in dearborn. check out the blog behindthewheel.cnbc.com. >> sales over 600,000 cars in china and over 400,000 cars in the united states. it's already a bigger market for gm, but does that help gm employ any more workers in the u.s.? >> eventually the idea is that you're going to be able to export some over to china. not a huge amount. keep in mind, dennis, at the end of the day with a few exceptions, almost all automakers, the vehicles they sell in china are going to be built in china. you really want to build in the region where you sell. you could export some over to china, but the vast mu yor jorty that they're selling there will be built there. on the job's front, people would like to say, add more jobs here. that is dependent on sales in north america. >> will gm be able to make so many cars in china with much cheaper labor and health care cost

nixon, when gerald ford was going to run for president, this man has been lying to me for a long time, there was never any relationship further. >> they much supportive of the president. he began by saying i think i should start over by saying dear dick because i am writing to myself as you will quickly detect. it was a letter he penned on his typewriter to talk about the people surrounding him in the white house and also said you need to come to congress. people need to know their president is listening to them. >> >> he did not -- and -- >> it is a long letter. and nixon knew. >> more than any other president and, how did the decision fits into that. >> i hadçç to read read it. i should actually read my books. it is a book it was the result of i am not in there and others are not in there. i put together a remarkable story which is timely right now. and we put another justice or two on the court. nixon has two seats to fill and the story itel and call it the william rehnquist choice for a literary device because william rehnquist doesn't come up until the end of the book. he is sel

ford is in the best competitive position now of the big three. they did not have quite the same restructuring that gm and chrysler had but they were able to restructure some of their debt and got a benefit from not having to shut down their plants last year. they changed over a bunch of management and got everybody resettled. they have been working for a number of years on merging their company internally. ford used to run fiefdoms of around the world and they never worked together. they would sell separate cars around the world. next year, -- this year you'll have the ford fiesta come on line and the focus is behind it. they are similar to what ford sells in europe. they will probably get a handsome profit there. they are strong given their quality and the lineup that will be coming on line in the next couple of years. outside of an average shock, they should be well positioned. host: how are hybrids sales overall? guest: they are not great. they fluctuate with fuel prices. winter fuel prices came down all little bit and you have incentives expi

the most innovative full- size sedan in america: the taurus sho, from ford. drive one. . >> larry: we were withstandly stewart who survived the upper big branch mine explosion. stanley, after you got out, you helped get others out or were you bringing out bodies? what were you doing after you got out? okay. do we have the governor? we apologize. stanley stewart, we couldn't make a connection. we're expecting to talk to the democratic governor of west virginia, governor joe manchin. governor manchin is in charleston, west virginia. what's the latest you can tell us about the four missing men, governor. >> we're working feverishly. i just returned from the mine. i came up to do the member or y yum for the davis family. we lost the oldest brother, two grandsons and nephews, good, strong people, we just attended that. i'll be heading back down to the mine. before i left, as you know, they bored the holes down. you were probably watching the press conference. they're making decisions right now and trying to make sure that the air is safe enough for the rescue team

do you think that president ford was surprised by some of your opinions as a justice?i'm sure he's surprised at some of them. i mean, i'm surprised at some of the opinions of my colleagues. but over the years, i gather he was not unhappy with the results on the whole. >> president ford was advised by his attorney general, ed levy, that you were a moderate conservative, at the time, before he nominated you. did you see yourself that way, as a moderate conservative? and how do you see yourself now? >> as a moderate conservative. i don't really think i've changed. i think there's been a lot of changes in the court. >> and you once said that you were one of the more conservative members of the court. back 15, almost 20 years ago. how do you see yourself now on the court? >> same way. >> reporter: in 2005, ford wrote a letter saying, "i am prepad to allow history's judgment to rest, exclusively if necessary, on my nomination 30 years ago of justice john paul stevens to the u.s. supreme court." what'd you do with it? >> it's hanging on the wall in my office. it's something i