actions price well below some of its competitors such as the ford toyota. 4 and. even the basic equipment package includes decent features such as by l e d headlights and climate control and if you opt for the top equipment line which includes nearly everything your heart desires it's still below $30000.00 euros is conclusion if you like the design of the a.s.x. you can save a few 1000 euro is compared to other manufacturers. lexus are celebrating its 30th anniversary by looking back on a history of technical milestones in 1983 toyota decided it needed to launch a premium brand but before the 1st rex's cars could roll off the assembly line in 1990 toyota convecting years of steady focus groups and strategy development. head of marketing marcus berg marcia's a team of marketing people lived in a villa in the us west coast for a while to get to know the lifestyle of their potential customers. they wanted to see what made things people tick and this knowledge flowed in the product development. out of that came the ls 400 i watch research then which was a bit after hi

if you look at page 57 in the annexes, you found that 500,000 of that was to buy ford toyota land cruiser's. as in any political situation, there are people whose interests are at play. as we reached the point of capture and we have alternative organizations, think of the organization started by the bricks. they were frustrated that the u.s. congress took so long to approve the quota increase at the imf. they formed their own monetary organization and their own new bank, called the bricks bank. look at what they did in the monetary arrangement. it has a headline number of x. but if you are an individual country and you want to access the monetary facilities of this new arrangement, you can only take 30% with no questions asked. upperher 70% require an trausch imf program. even the bricks are depending on another multilateral to establish important criteria. i think i will leave it there. from other panelists. obviously, there is no black or white answer to the questions being asked. lisa: thanks. you have done a lot of work on fragile states. arguably, fragile states seem to be continually

toyota. meantime ford, honda, volkswagen, and bmw are siding with california in the emissions fight. >>> i'm ken bastida at the live news desk, the inquiry into impeachment, those hearings ending just a few minutes ago in washington d.c. today's hearings wrapping up with kurt volker, the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine, changing his testimony. the earlier closed door testimony saying that he did subsequently find out there was an act to hold up aid for an investigation on the bidens. he also discussed rudy giuliani's involvement with ukraine calling giuliani a problem. at the also talked to tim morrison who said he did not find the july call inappropriate, but did confirm other key instances at the heart of impeachment inquiry in his closed door tomorrow. the biggest witness of the week will be up tomorrow. that's when u.s. ambassador to the eu gordon sondland will be in the hot seat. they'll also hear from laura cooper and david hale. watch it all live right here on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area starting at 6:00 a.m. in the live news desk, i'm ken bastida, back to you. >>> big

state of california says as of january it will no longer buy public vehicles from gm, ford, chrysler, or or toyotaupport prchlt they said carmaker that have chose on the be on the wrong side of history will be on the losing end of california's buying power. >>> the miami dolphins have cut mark walton after police say he punched a woman pregnant whis baby. walton remains in jail. a bond status hearing is expected today. walt walton's attorney denies the charges. he was drafted with the bengals but was arrested three times. >>> boeing needs to make engine fixes to avoid a repeat. a passenger was killed when a fan blade broke causing part of the engine covers to fly into the plane, breaking one of the window, killing a woman in the window seat. theory recommending they retrofit the engine covers on all of its next generation planes. >>> tom hanks' new movie role hitting closer to hope than ever imagined. ♪ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪ >> the iconic mister rogers, "a beautiful day in the neighborhood." it turns out tom hanks and fred rogers are actually related. it's something hanks and

automobiles in the last couple of months ford doesn't work, gm doesn't work, clearly saying there's still something wrong with this picture. if you play autos buy toyotaon't buy ford >> when you look at the vehicle, obviously it's a copycat of tesla's vehicle. nothing that's stunning that says okay i need to have that over a tesla vehicle tesla still made it cool >> you don't think it looks like a mustang? >> it's cool i think the car looks nice but the model x is what everyone is examination. this is the price point of the model 3. but i until think tesla -- way ahead of this. i feel they are way behind even gm. >> speak of electric vehicles, tesla has been on a reason tear. the you're a loyal viewer of the show you know tim seymour has been short the stock how is he navigating this trade time to go trade school. >> first i want to talk a little bit about how you should think about any short then specifically how i've been thinking about tesla ultimately you have the case where timing is essential. as we get into this i'll show you where on the chart i thought tesla, if you look at a five year chart didn't do much. it wasn't until really january-febr

and over in every article that you read about the giants whether it's nissan or volkswagen or toyota or fordating into electric cars, every one of them mentioned how they have the clocks cleaned by tesla. the company that cannot make their cars on time or in the volume that the promise. >> we wish them the best. it is a new venture, it is kind of exciting to see and maybe they will get the kinks out. investigating the investigators. and exposing the report finding possible fbi misconduct during the 2016 russian investigation, former assistant u.s. attorney andy mccarthy is here next. >> we have a fisa report coming out which the word is, it's historic. that's what i hear. when dealing with the highest levels of government, they were spying on my campaign. ♪ look. only one thing's more exciting than getting a lexus... ahhhh! giving one. the lexus december to rembember sales event lease the 2020 nx 300 for $329 a month for 27 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. now you can, with shipsticks.com! no more lugging your clubs through the airport or risk having your clubs lost or damage

among the six scoring advanced were the honda accord and toyota camry. but the fordiled to earn a rating at all. the kia optima and hyundai sonata also performed poorly. >> this is a first step. there are obviously things we can improve on, that automakers can improve on. >> reporter: the testing involved cars driving at 12 to 37 miles per hour during the day. a recent study from aaa found sedans are more likely to fail at faster speeds, after going around a turn, and especially in the dark. forward collision avoidance systems with emergency braking will be standard on most cars by 2022. federal regulators are investigating the system on the 2017 and 2018 nissan rogue, after learning of more than 850 complaints, a false activation of the automatic braking system. that includes reports of 14 crashes and 5 injuries. cindy walsh says it happened to her three times. >> the first one i was driving down a four-lane highway, going about 55, and it completely came to a complete stop. >> reporter: how do you feel about driving the car now? >> i'm scared to. i don't drive it.

ford has been the number one selling f series truck for over 40 years and believe me toyota has triedd, gm and ram have tried very hard to be number one. it's very hard to beat ford and what they are offering so if you come with an electric track, ford is offering an electric truck coming up in 2021, general motors is so he's going to have to offer a lot and have pay load , towing capacity and not having experience in the truck market even if you hire people from those companies i think it has a challenge. he seems to think he can get these out by late 2021 or 2022. i don't know, the problem with tesla is their build quality is far from what you're seeing in some of the other manufactures, and if he starts to build a truck and the panels are spacing what i've seen in some of the other vehicles and the paint quality they are never going to be able to make it in that marketplace. >> lauren really quickly for our retail investors i'm thinking ford could possibly lose market share because the price points going to be pretty much at the higher end much like those ford trucks and they are l

hand, you have general motors, toyota, fiat chrysler siding with the trump administration against california. but then youou had this slew of other totomakers including ford, honda, and volkswagen which have sided with california's right to set pollution limits. why this division? whot pretty much reflects is most scared of trump and who is furthest along in coming up with cars that can meet emission requirirements. all of the automakers know better. they all embarked on a course of lower emissions since the obama administration. general motors, toyota, those people are just trying to suck up some more gravy for a few more years. it is a disgrace. the same disgrace is happening in the utility industry, happening in agribusiness, happening everywhere where everyone is trying to maintain their business model just a little while longer. those are the years that will break the climate system. amy: let's stiti with california. on sunday, trump threatened d to pull federal fununding for the wildfires ragiging across california. in a twitter exchange with governor newsom, trump tweeted -- "every year, as the fire's rage and california burns, it is the same thing

toyota is doing crazy good stuff with their toyota tacoma cup truck that has taken market share from the silverado and the fordinjury -- it is difficult industry and it is in transition. do i buy a car now or do i wait until electronic vehicles get the first generation out? that is the worst time to be in an industry, when it is in transition. sarah: you have what i do with the batteries and how do i do recycle that? another iteration of questions. alix: thanks and much to sarah hunt of alpine woods and art, thanks so much. trump called into fox and friends. he said the deal with china is close. g says he warned president not to send soldiers -- he warned president xi not to send soldiers into hong kong. he says he does stand with hong kong but he is not sure if he will sign the bill congress passed because he also wants a trade deal. he is time hong kong and the trade deal together saying he wants a deal but does not know what he wants to do on hong kong even though he supports it. he says they're good chance he will be making a deal with china. coming up, we revisit materials price action one week after its

toyota division, we just did your history of the hybrid. >> some people think you invented hybrid? >> we were close to it. we actually developed it. >> you like henry fordt the car but he did popular license. >> this already sells more hybrid suvs than any other suv. >> we call it the rav4 prime, it is prime and this year we will sell 430,000 rav4's total. it's the number one selling vehicle in the u.s. >> what you sell as many as these of the priest customer. >> probably not because it's part where previous is a standalone and a plug-in but it will sell quite a few. >> you are noted for commitment to fuel economy, we got a dispute between some automakers on one side with the president saying let's relax the fuel economy standards and other automaker saying let's make them tough. you sided with the ministration and other automakers like gm and fca and fiat chrysler, let's keep the standards -- doesn't that disadvantage you because you're so good on fuel economy? >> first of all we did not side with california or the ministration, we sided with oems who want one standard. what we look for is one standard. >> everybody wants one standard. >> you have to a