experts say a success with the cruze is crucial for g.m.as it prepares for its initial public offering. diane eastabrook has more. >> reporter: we wanted to check out the cruze, but chevrolet dealer mike anderson didn't have the car, so he had to bring one in. >> we got two of them in about five days ago, and they sell almost as soon as they hit the ground-- within two days of receiving them. >> reporter: the cruze has been a huge hit for g.m. overseas, so successful it rolled out a hatchback version for europe at the paris auto show. it hopes the cruze will be a hit here at home. decades ago, the company basically ceded the small car segment to toyota and honda, preferring to make larger, more profitable trucks and sedans. but rising fuel costs and promises to build more fuel efficient vehicles in exchange for government bailouts forced the company to play catch-up. the cruze gets, on average, 36 miles per gallon. the car's marketing manager thinks that, and added features, will impress consumers. >> we're going to offer great performance

the government hopes to sell part of its 61% stake in g.m. sales of g.m.'s chevy volt could help drive interest in the company's stock. the electric vehicle with a backup gasoline engine rolls into showrooms in a few weeks. diane eastabrook test drove the volt and weighs in on whether the car lives up to the hype. >> reporter: before i got behind the wheel of the $40,000 electric battery-powered volt, tony posawatz, who heads chevrolet's electric vehicle program, showed me how to charge the car. >> you can't open up your charging port until you hit the button inside the car, and we'll do that as we speak. and there it is. >> reporter: after plugging it in, we slid inside so i could get acquainted with the cockpit. >> the first thing you notice is the car welcomes you. >> reporter: it does. >> it tells you how much battery range you have. >> reporter: so how do we start it? >> put on the brake, okay, and hit power. did you feel a little pulsation? >> reporter: a little bit. >> you're on. >> reporter: after my primer, i hit the road. i drove the volt around t

." >> just ahead, g.m. issues another recall of tens of thousands of cadillacs. >> the tenth anniversary of the war in afghanistan. has things changed and how are things improving in the war-torn region. >> the rescue attempt of those trapped miners in chile, now underground for more than two months. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. nato and afghan forces launched air strikes against the taliban as the war in afghanistan enters its tenth year. in the nine years since, the u.s. has spent $350 billion and lost 1200 troops. another 800 nato forces have died. the white house says there's a sound reason nato forces are still there. >> to insure that what the taliban once held in control they don't ever control again. because we understand what that means for us. the unencumbered ability to plan and execute attacks against our country. >> the netherlands have pulled out its troops, the first nato nation to do so. canada says it's next. >> there are some outstanding news out of chile for

." >> just ahead, g.m. issues another recall of tens of thousands of cadillacs. >> the tenth anniversary of the war in afghanistan. has things changed and how are things improving in the war-torn region. >> the rescue attempt of those trapped miners in chile, now underground for more than two underground for more than two meet the rl meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions fro insider stocdeals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obous conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kd of person would be involved in deals fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her last year at ay, whitman paid herself $120 million right befo the company laid off 10% of it's workers. wee choosing a governor, shouldn't character matter nato and afghan forces launched air strikes against the taliban as the war in afghanistan enters its tenth year. in the nine years since, the u.s. has spe $350 billion and lost 1200 troops. another 800

g.m. has had four c.e.o.s in the last 18 months. the automaker is expected to go public again next month. >> susie: in the "money file" tonight, five steps to figure out how much life insurance you need. here's john simons, editorial director of personal finance at black enterprise. >> reporter: let's face it, life insurance compels us to contemplate something none of us really wants to deal with-- death. getting the right amount of coverage forces us to assign a dollar amount to the financial impact our deaths will have on our dependents. it's important to have a rough idea of the coverage you need before you sit down with an insurance agent. here's how to do it in five easy steps: step 1: you'll need to add up your current debts. that is, your mortgage, your auto and other loans, and credit card balances. step 2: add in a rough estimate of your burial or cremation costs. step 3: take your gross annual income and multiply it by the number of years it will take your youngest child to reach age 18. (add about 3% each year for inflati

that includes buying back nearly $2 billion in g.m. shares from uncle sam, and paying off a loan of nearly $3 billion from the united auto workers union. g.m. will also pump $6 billion in stock and cash into its under-funded pension plan. next month, the company is expected to offer shares to the public once again. >> tom: a major recall from nissan. japan's third-largest auto maker is recalling three-quarters of a million vehicles in the u.s. and another two million worldwide. the company is fixing a problem that could cause engine stalling in some nissan and infiniti trucks and suvs. the affected vehicles include model year 2004 to 2006 armadas, titans and infiniti qx-56s. also included-- nissan frontiers, pathfinders and x-terras built in 2005 and 2006. >> susie: are you tired yet? tonight's commentator is, and he's ready for the midterm elections to be over. here's doug holtz-eakin, president of the american action forum and former director of the congressional budget office. >> electoral fatigue is setting in. you have probably se

protect our hearts we are so here we can provide such accuracy to many forms of modern motoko into a g.m. to carry on we've dumped the future covered. russia's nuclear energy technology in demand as president. has already signed up for its first nuclear power plant. another spy scandal on the horizon with reports claiming georgia has rounded up twenty members of a russian spy ring tbilisi has yet to confirm or deny the report but says it will respond in the coming days. chooses political satire jon stewart as the most influential man of the year putting their trust in comedians rather than politicians but president obama failed to make it to the top. has all the latest from the world of sports. oh well it was supposed to use and here the headlines. european dream moscow sunspots attack saddam a place to stay in the europa league places coming back victories of the options premier league. top bottles that were victories for chelsea arsenal at manchester united at lunch to city stumbling lives in the english premier league. this dented russia's preparations for next year's rugby world cup

the deal must still be approved by the judge overseeing the old g.m.'s liquidation. >> susie: we're just days away from the mid-term election and a potential shift in power on capitol hill. many candidates are campaigning against big government and deficit spending. but as tonight's commentator explains, there's a dirty little secret about election politics and budget deficits. he's allan sloan, senior editor at large at "fortune." >> talk about role reversal. a few years ago, when republicans were in power, democrats were complaining about federal budget deficits, and the republicans didn't care about them. these days, with the democrats in power, republicans are running as the anti-deficit party, and democrats care about it much. the real deal, of course, is that neither party really cares about deficits. some individual republicans or democrats really care, but the parties don't. as a budget geek once explained to me, the party that's out of power is the party that cares about deficits. the party that's in power doesn't care about deficits. they have

g.m. was helped by new vehicles like the cadillac srx; ford got a boost from its fusion mid- sized car. but both still rank behind toyota and honda. for the third straight year, toyota's scion brand had the fewest problems. it was followed by porsche, acura, honda and infiniti. toyota fared well in the survey, despite recalling more than ten million vehicles over the last year. subaru, volvo, lexus and ford rounded out the top ten most reliable brands. >> susie: in other transportation news, a federal panel is looking into whether small regional airlines are held to the same safety standards as major carriers. the national transportation safety board is reviewing so- called "code sharing agreements." agreements." they let big carriers sell seats on flights operated by smaller carriers. the regional airline industry says safety is its top priority, but critics of code-sharing say it permits two levels of safety- - one for large airlines, another for small. the last six fatal domestic airlin

our hearts the ever so here we can provide such accuracy to many forms of modern mental conflict and g.m. day care. we've got the future covered. russia and nato joined forces in just royal heroin and opium labs in afghanistan wiping out two hundred fifty million dollars worth of narcotics the operation came as a result of increased pressure from moscow to block the flood of carolyn entering russia after months of planning a raid in the mountains near the border with pakistan took less than four hours. reports say georgia has rounded up twenty people allegedly working for a russian spy network tbilisi is yet to confirm or deny the report diplomatic ties between moscow and tbilisi were severed following the two thousand and eight war and sound. of. the european union agrees it to a new financial bailout system with major players hired painfully clear state's fiscal blunders the plan includes a permanent fund to aid euro in times of crisis it also gives the community the power to scrutinise member states national budget. is that the world is running out of food some would think so join pet

g.m. up 11%, ford 46%. and chrysler sales soared a whopping 61%. at the white house today, president obama made what he called the least suspenseful announcement of all time: that chief of staff rahm emanuel is leaving. he's going back to chicago to run for mayor. emanuel, known for his take-no-prisoners style and salty language joked that he taught the president some new words and how to use them in assorted combinations. but then the hard-nosed advisor showed his softer side. >> both my parents raised me to give something back to the country and the community that has given us so much. and i want to thank you for the opportunity to repay in a small portion of the blessings that country has given my family. >> couric: the president introduced pete rouse as his interim chief of staff, the gate keeper who decides who gets in to see mr. obama and who doesn't. the rouse style is work-to-work quietly behind the scenes. as the president put it "pete has never seen a microphone or t.v. camera that he likes." in other news, the suicide of a rutgers univer

president, di omit one important part of my g.m. report which is our wonderful chair of les hell ger who is here to give a quick update about tuesday. >> good afternoon commissioners, last tuesday october 5th was a well attended meeting. at one point it was standing room only. i like to thank those coming. we appreciate sarah for seeking our input. we look forward to continuing to work with her on this important top pick. i also like to thank members of the p.u.c. staff for coming to talk to us about the west side water treatment plant and for patiently waiting through what became a hong meeting. after prozac discussed their presentation, we passed this resolution, which you have before you, and i just like to read it into the record. it was approved on october 5th, and basically says, prozac wishes to express its stronk concern there's a proposal to locate the water treatment plant on land within the golden gate park. i also like to say that prozac members agreed to send comments for the e.i.r. scoping about the park p.u. crifment

attorney's office and with others on the language surrounding both the tenant relocation plan and the g.m. r. requirements and we continue to consult with the experts in the city's attorney's office and the rent board. we have met with staff attorneys and the executive director of the rent board. we have collected all of their feedback and incorporated it into the draft that you have that was distributed today and we will continue to work with those agencies. it is our hope as well now that we have the draft distributed and it is public that we can also sit down with the tenants rights advocates that spoke today and go through in detail the program as it's laid out. i will assure you, we would never promote or pursue an agreement that we think is going to put tenants on the street or going to jeopardize long-term tenants and their rights. it is not our intention and nothing in this development agreement, to my knowledge, does that. that is not the developer's intention and certainly not our intention or anyone who is working on the project. finally, i would like to make one more point whi

and world bank there were much of the time every some time a g.m. fell into a forest as u.s. and chinese delegates. it cools each other currency manipulation the frog has prompted many to question the institutions that lead to tea and purpose for instance russians believe it was the i.m.f. aggressive stance that contributed to the currency default crisis nine hundred ninety eight critics also note how the emerging group of twenty is assuming more importance than the i met reflecting the reality of the new multi-polar world back to peter. ok jeffrey right before the break you want to jump in there go right ahead yeah i want to just sort of clarify something we've heard that the i.m.f. is unpopular in russia that it's unpopular in asia which is true and it's sort of been its job to be unpopular since the very beginning but what i want to make very clear is that the reason it's unpopular in these countries is because it's demanded austerity and people think maybe too much austerity too much cutting of projects and i want to make very explicit that my fellow panelists are critici

blocked and bridges the story officials say the situation slowly getting back to normal with a file and a g.m. water supplies being restored. the first of twelve u.s. soldiers accused of terrorizing and murdering afghan civilians is set to face court martial officials say the rope platoon to drugs and killed people for sport while commanders seemed completely unaware of their actions are these military contributors as the case reveals a wider problem there are lots of difference between the certain american experience in afghanistan but one of the most insidious. and harmful difference is that it was cia who initiated the promotion of that drug distribution trying to undermine the morale and esprit de corps of the soviet forces in afghanistan and thirty years later during the almost ten year u.s. occupation of the contrie united states pot policy in afghanistan still condones if not promotes the drug distribution and production and trafficking in afghanistan now with the us pot policy of the piecing narco farmers the united states has stepped on to the narcotics booby trap and the latest see

hearts the ever so if we can provide such accuracy move to many forms of modern human instinct when g.m. takes kira on. we've got the future covered. dear mom i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains of me getting worse and no doctor has been able to help me please know that i'll finally be at peace and with no more pain i wish i could have had a life with it was a bit always pictured her being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all see you all in heaven when your time comes i'm going to meet jesus christ. thousands of u.s. troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately warned about its rare side effects serious life changing side effects. there is not enough space for them on the ground. down to. get things nonexistent under the sun. through the gap of adrenaline. discovered deeply hidden secrets. they are seeking. and even. talking to go. under the grow