kaiser and frazer were very well received. it was hard to buy new cars because there were so many people wanting to buy them. in addition to that it was a fresh new design. they were only in business for six years but in those six years they told almost, i think, like 900,000 cars in six years. because the demand and because of their fresh, new look. henry j. named in honor of henry j.kaiser, one of the two partners that created the car. 1951, they came out with, again, the henry j. which was one of the beginning compact cars in the automotive industry. it was a very low priced car. and rather primitive in interior design. it surely is something that is stark compared to modern day cars. it was inexpensive. the price tag was $1,499 in 1951. historically, they were bringing out these lower priced cars. there had to be a demand out there but it wasn't the savior of kaiser frazer. i think that probably was a reason to do it was to expand their marketbase so they could appeal to more buyers. what we have here is a precurr of what

kaiser and frazer were very well received. first of all, it was hard to buy new cars because there was so many people wanting to buy them. in addition to that, it was a fresh new design. they were only in business for six years but in that six years they sold almost 900,000 cars in six years. because the demand and because of the fresh new look. henry j. named in honor of henry j. kaiser, one of the two partners that create the company. in 1951, they came out with, again, the henry j., which was one of the beginning compact cars in the ougautomotive indus. it was a very low priced car. rather primitive interior design. surely is something that is stark compared to modern day cars. it was inexpensive. price tag on it was $1,499 in 1951. there had to be a demand out there, but it wasn't the savior of kaiser frazer. i think probably the reason to do it was expand their market base so they could appeal to more buyer. what we have here is a precursor of what we now call our suvs. it's a car but the design of it is such that the who

kaiser frazer.bout 800,000 automobiles were built, but also most people know of the b-24 bomber plant and the b-24s that were built here. very few people know that we also had c-119 flying box cars built here. roughly 200 of them were built here in the early 1950s. after kaiser frazer was done with their automobiles and aircraft production, general motors bought the plant. they had lost one of their transmission facilities to a fire. and they saw this plant. it was empty at the time they purchased it. and have owned it ever since then until 2010 when it became vacant after the general motors bankruptcy. right now if you look inside the facility, there's not much in there. there's a lot of the manufacturing equipment left from general motors on the floor. that is slowly being cleared out. once it's cleared out and the power is restored to it again, you'll be able to see that it looks just like it did in 1942. this end of the building was never restored. the other end of the bomber plant was restored

the department determined he was, in fact, driving drunk when he hit frazer. frazer's attorneys say they hope the incident puts & to drinking in firehouses. >> we are confident this is a very, very small minority of the fire department but it all has to end, period. >> the department handed out suspension notices to five other firefighters involved in the crash holding them responsible for his conduct. the firefighters say they plan to appeal the suspensions. >>> the family of an 18-year-old san jose man shot to death is holding a car wash to try to raise money for his funeral. he was gunned down in capital park sunday afternoon. the gang unit is beefing up patrols in and around the park. cortez' family says he was not a gang member but his killing happened in an area that is gang territory. this morning, neighbors and church leaders are saying they need to get more involved to stop the violence and keep their community safe. >> senseless violence. people are hurting and my message would be, don't do something foolish that you are going to regret the rest of y

frazer's attorney says his client was seriously hurt. you can see him there still in the hospital recovering from injuries. the firefighter, michael quinn, resigned after the department determined he was, in fact, driving drunk whether he hit frazer that night. frazer's attorney also says he hopes this incident will put an end to drinking at firehouses. >> i am confident this is a very, very small minority of fire departments. it all has to end period. >> this week, the fire department hands out suspension notices to five other firefighters also involved in that crash. the department holding them responsible for quinn's conduct. the firefighters, they say they plan to appeal the suspension. >>> san francisco police are on the lookout for a man who threw a woman's belongings into the bay along with a pet carrier with two cats inside. witnesses say they had to hold the woman back from jumping into the water on pier 14 along the embarcadero yesterday. sadly, both cats died. animal control only has a vague description of the man, a six-foot

they went together and created a company called kaiser frazer using their last names and they manufactured cars here in ypsilanti at the old bomber plant from the end of world war ii until 1953. in 1953, they were -- sales had declined and they were consolidated into toledo, ohio. and in that factory then general motors took it over and needed a factory after losing their hydromatic plant from a fire in livonia outside of detroit and moving here to ypsilanti to manufacture transmissions and half of the factory as an assembly plant. we have a general motors story here. we have a kaiser fraser story here. major auto industries in the last half of the 20th century. hudsons were not manufactured here in ypsilanti. they were manufactured in detroit but we have this hudson dealership that's very good example of car dealerships in the early part of the 20th century. we used the dealership then also to tell the hudson story. we're in the front of our dealership where the showroom was. where you come and look at your car that you were looking to shop and buy. here in our showroom, we have displayed

you also spoke to buhl frazer who worked with lee harvey oswald. what did he tell you? >> he was really still. i mean he was in tears during the interview because he was wrongly accused of being part of the plot to assassinate the president and he had great difficulty per situating the dallas police he had nothing do with it. he was a simple country boy who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. he, again, said i have trouble trusting people to this day because of my experience of what happened to me. >> it was interesting how he thought it was curtain rods in the back seat. i'm curious. after 50 years what surprised you the most in going back to talk to people and making this documentary? >> i think two things. the vulnerability of the president during the presidential procession. jfk asked to be as accessible as possible, where people could literally reach out and touch him. you couldn't imagine that happens today. the other thing is how raw and real those events are, still are this many years later. >> for many of them the most extraordinary moment in t

you can see the fire truck slamming right into jack frazer. the department determined he was driving drunk when he hit frazer that very night. >>> strict new gun laws will be going into effect in sunny veil january 1st. last night, voting to cert fight the results of this month's election in which voters passed measure c. starting next year, gun owners who have lost their guns or had them stolen, they must call police within 48 hours. time now, let's get a check on the weather outside. christina loren, how are we looking heading into thanksgiving? >>> we will be giving ourselves lots of turkey tomorrow at this time. 7:56. as you can see, really pretty day shaping up. we have some high and mid-level clouds streaming in ahead of the storm system that could bring us some showers as we head through tomorrow. overall, pretty good. we are going to hit the mid-60s for today. san francisco, nice, cloudy day. not expecting any showers anywhere except for south of the golden gate bridge. friday, nice, clear conditions for all your shopping. remember, yo