vice president diversity general motors. [applause] >> thank you and i have to tell you that i am very honored but i'm humbled to be up here this evening to represent the men and women of chevrolet, of the g.m. foundation and general motors. he spent a lot of time in detroit. it was very humbling in his "i have a dream" speech that was made famous in washington, but he had a preliminary speech than he did in detroit that attracted hundreds of thousands of people because the man and the message resonated with the people of detroit. when i compared both speeches and i also looked at a letter from birmingham, the one thing i did find out and i watched was i understood better as to what our general motors leadership, the issues that they had to address and how they addressed them. the historic fact that is important especially for general motors is that our chairman at the time stood on the top of the general motors building and watched a city burning, which was deployed, during the 1968 riots. at that time he made a decision an

i have to tell you on behalf of general motors and to the moral board, we at general motors are committed to lock arms with you as we move forward. if the celebration at stops this weekend, then the dream that fails. from our perspective at general motors, this has to go forward. from our perspective at chevrolet, this has to go forward. we have to educate our children as to the significance of this event. and on behalf of general motors, we are willing to do that. we are willing to commit ourselves because as part of our dna, that is part of what we do. we are committed to work with the board to move this forward. on behalf of chevrolet, general motors, and the gm foundation, we are pleased to be here this evening. we ask that you enjoy the weekend, because it will be a great weekend. [applause] >> please welcome guy vicors. president of the tommy hilfiger corp. per >> good evening. it is an honor to be here this evening. i will be very brief. i am going to wear two hats tonight. what is vice chair of the mlk the moral corporate i would like to welcome everybody to these festivities and

i am proud that general motors, the general motors foundation and chevrolet were the first corporate leaders to sit yes to supporting this great memorial, contributed over $10 million to the memorial, and chevrolet making sure the word got out about the memorial. [applause] >> from our employers to our suppliers and dealers, general motors has been the first in the number of efforts when it comes to women. i am proud to share the general motors was one of the first companies, and very first automotive companies to develop a minority supplier program. we were also one of the first companies to develop a womens' dealer programs. it is that same support that has given me the opportunity to stand here today as president of one of the world's largest corporate foundations. i remember vividly in 1968 event surrounding the -- the events surrounding the death of martin luther king. i was a little girl in mississippi. for me, those memories are a reminder that we have come a long way in the last half century, but we cannot allow the progress that we have made to laura us into thinking that we

i have to tell you, on behalf of general motors, we, general motors, are committed to lock arms with you as we move forward, because if the celebration stops this weekend, then the dream fails. from our perspective the general motors, this has to go forward. from our perspective a chevrolet, this has to go forward. we have to educate our children as to the significance of this event, to the shoulders we stand on. on behalf of general motors, we're willing to do that. we're willing to commit ourselves because that is what we do. i can tell you on behalf of general motors and the chevrolet association, we're so pleased to be here this weekend. have a good weekend. thank you theory much. >> please welcome 5 vicars, president of the tommy hilfiger corporate foundation -- guy president of the tommy hilfiger corporate foundation. >> i am going to wear two hats 29, 1 as vice chair of the m l king memorial board. to wear two hats to night, one as vice chair of the m l k memorial board. the other, as president of the tommy hilfiger corporate foundation, i want to tell you how honored i am to

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i am proud that general motors, the general motors foundation and chevrolet were the first corporateders to sit yes to supporting this great memorial, contributed over $10 million to the memorial, and chevrolet making sure the word got out about the memorial. [applause] >> from our employers to our suppliers and dealers, general motors has been the first in the number of efforts when it comes to women. i am proud to share the general motors was one of the first companies, and very first automotive companies to develop a minority supplier program. we were also one of the first companies to develop a womens' dealer programs. it is that same support that has given me the opportunity to stand here today as president of one of the world's largest corporate foundations. i remember vividly in 1968 devet surrounding the -- the events surrounding the death of martin luther king. i was a little girl in mississippi. for me, those memories are a reminder that we have come a long way in the last half century, but we cannot allow the progress that we have made to laura us into thinking that we hav

>> general motors are providing the vehicles and they're rather extraordinary, because they're only going electricity. >> that's the car? >> that is the car. it's called a two-wheel propulsion system and the en-v system. we are providing the next urban vehicle. what is the greatest problem people have with vehicles? obviously, traffic and accidents and the use of fuel. so here you have an electrically powered vehicles. >> how is this supposed to work? it's an automatic system or you're actually driving it? how did this work? >> you get into the car and apparently it has a gps, so you program the gps so you're not actually powering the car itself. also, it communicates with other cars so there won't anybody accidents. >> you got my attention. >> and they say this is the next emerging markets. this is where the gross in the motor industry is going to take place. >> when will they have the city up and running? >> they say about 2020. they started development in 2008. >> okay. >> they have a very light transit rail system so people won't be using cars. what's extraordinary about this city is

sales for general motors is upper mgm made it to enact billion dollars and a big profit for general motorsmade the biggest comeback ford also reported a rise in july sales an overdraft fees a survey released from the consumer federation said the nation's our largest bank are charging $35 per overdraft fees banks are continuing to what pylon fees if a customer does not balance his account with in a certain of allotted time and kraft has split into two companies more companies like target and wal-mart are increasing their go grocery sections >> a couple thursday, 82 as a high. this is a look of your seven day forecast we warm up a better >> will be it right back as the kron 4 morning news continues and all look out from mt. tam camera we are keeping our eyes on wall street we're waiting for the opening bell. it might be another tough day for the markets. [ male announcer ] brace yourself for the big, bold taste of a subway® bbq pulled pork sub. tender, succulent slow-cooked pork with sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, all on freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh®. we have suzerain in the openi

i don't see anywhere in that where they're going to go buy general motors. again, you can't -- >> charlie: was george will presented to see general motors go under. >> absolutely. >> charlie: that's th american way. >> well first of all, general motors did go under in the sense it went through bankruptcy. >> charlie: of course it did. was general motors worth being the way it is if in fact they pay back the money and if in fact they back a healthy auto company and jobs were saved and a great american iconic company. >> have recently flown on u.s. air or delta. >> charlie: this morning. >> delta, u.s. air, united are just someof the airlines that have gone bankrupt in this country. that wasn't go enough for the obama situation. they twisted bankruptcy out of shape for the benefit of the united auto workers. >> charlie: what we see in american politics is that first because of the stimulus program, secondly -- third healthcare. at some point, people in america and certainly those of a tea party persuasion said something's happening here that is not the america

vice-president of diversity at general motors. [applause] thank you.d to be up here this evening to represent the men and women of chevrolet, of general motors and the -- foundation. when i did my research to decide what i wanted to say. i ended up coming back to detroit and i don't know if many of you that have followed dr. king would know that he spent a lot of time in detroit and it was very humbling for as he lifted his speech which was made famous here in washington but he had kind of a preliminary one than he did in detroit that attracted hundreds of thousands of people because the man and the message resonated with the people of detroit. when i compared those speeches and i looked at a letter from birmingham, the one thing that i did find out and i watched was that i understood what our general motors leadership come with the issues that they had to address and how they dressed them. i think a historic fact that is important, especially for general motors, is that our chairman at the time stood on the top of the general motors building and in fa

i went to a general motors facility assembly plant. they ordered their seats when they put the chastity on the front end. there were made in canada. -- they were made in canada. they put a computer chip on the seats. put it across the bridge. one of the last things on the assembly to be inserted into the chastity was the seats. it is about an eight hour process. what happens if the trucks with the seats are stuck in the tunnel for half a day because the branch of security? and nothing happens in that facility. it does not have to be a zero game. you can enhance security and you can improve the economic interaction. it is central to the united states. the economy is global. our economic future is tied to our ability to sustain economic relationships. along with that interdependency comes greater vulnerable to vulnerability. hathaway enhance security at the same time? how will we improve congress? how will we improve the connection? one of my friends' works with the chamber of commerce. i shot it that time. -- i shopped there at the time

it was through those magazines that i learned where general motors cars were created.e 11, i wrote to gm and requested information about careers in design and the education that was needed to get there. their response was quick and very helpful. this information really created a path for me which eventually led me to howard university school of fine arts, where the professors and staff gave me great inspiration and great help. they understood what my goal was and really helped me form as a designer. upon graduation, i immediately started working at gm and spent my first few years gaining experiences and learning from them. as a gain experience, i was given greater responsibilities which led me to an assignment in germany. that was way out of my comfort zone, but frankly, it was one of the best experiences of my career. a year later, i was back in detroit and was quickly moving to a more leadership position at general motors design. i was designing trucks for gm. that was way out of my comfort zone as well, but designing a new generation of chevrolet trucks and designin

general motors standing by their -- their new electric car the chevy volt. step up production nevertheless and make 5,000 more volts per month. despite selling only 125 volts last month. general motors saying the low numbers are a result of limited supplies and long waiting lists not a reflection of that car's popularity. >> kelly: audi might have the sedan for you. >> it has the face of a super car. the body of a sports sedan. the secret that makes the audi a-7 special is this. it is a hatch back. i thought we hate these things. if we do it is probably because we've never seen one as special as this. it has the goods to back it up. 310 horsepower super charged v6, all-we'll drive and automatic transmission. as quick off the line as a drag racer cruises on the highway. you can customize the way it the throttle and steering operate. there's a blind spot warning system. google map overlays for the navigation to give you aerial recon. in case you need to set up a mobile command center, cellular wifi. i can connect eight of these to the car which is redundant, c

the meeting will be held today at the general motors advanced technology office in palo alto from 10:>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, technology in reverse. the project that has people lining up online to send instantn messages the old fashioned way. ♪ [ female announcer ] sweet honey taste. 80 calories per serving. 40% daily value of fiber. i'm here in the downtown area where the crowd is growing. [ female announcer ] watching calories at breakfast never tasted this sweet... i'll go get my bowl. [ female announcer ] ...or this huge. new fiber one 80 calories. yes, you can actually love breakfast. >>> do you snail mail? not many people do anymore. with e-mail and the internet, it seems putting pen to paper has become a lost art. well, a san francisco man has decided to bring it all back. ivan cash has launched a project called snail mail my e-mail.org. here's what it is. people can send him an e-mail up to 100 words and then a team of volunteers, you see these volunteers here, they will hand-write an actual letter and mail it to the recipient. since launching the p

;ppbpbpbpbpbpbpbqçdçdçdçdçdçdçd$ l >>> couple of recalls from general motors, saying 12,000 chevolet are being recalled. and the hose can melt and fluid can leak starting a fire. and 4,000 luke lacrosse sedans are being recalled to fix software that runs the computer to controls the brakes. and they're addressing the problem and recalling it sandhya told you cool weather for the weekend. >> and we're going to hold this up and i'm going to cover the name. >> and sweet and low. >> they've been making stuff since 1957. what they're going to give you free sample packs and you're going to get a tote with this point hasn't gone retail this, is only for viewers. >> really? >> and that is several decisions and then, bright green, these are the organic clean prog ducts. you're going to get two of them, one this big, and then, you can get another one about that big and it's concentrate. and the bio based ingredients in qlernss. and other one is a $5 value. >> how to get this? >> and let me show you there. at any time, you can log on and as long as you're there, go to michael finney's consumer

why does general motors only sell when hundred 20 bvolts last month? where can i buy a natural gas vehicle? guest: on natural gas, currently only honda is building a vehicle for consumer use, but other vehicles -- companies are considering bringing more vehicles to the u.s. market. the volt, the reason gm sold very field last month was they took the plant down for a month retool. but still sell -- plan to sell between 15 and 20,000 worldwide. host: there is an article on hydrogen cars and stealing. how much does that enter the market as a right now? guest: it is something that has been talked about for years. toyota and honda are big on hydrogen vehicles. toyota wants to sell hydrogen vehicles by 2015. gm has also spent hundreds of millions of dollars researching. the problems have been one, the expense. the initial vehicles cost two million dollars, and then second is the infrastructure. we have about 180,000 gasoline stations, and very few hydrogen fueling stations. host: andy on the independent line from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morn

it was through those magazines that i learned where general motors cars were created.11, wrote to gm and requested information about careers in design and the education that was needed to get there. their response was quick and very helpful. this information really created a path for me which eventually led me to howard university school of fine arts, where the professors and staff gave me great inspiration and great help. they understood what my goal was and really help reform as a designer. -- really helped me form as a designer. upon graduation, i immediately started working at gm and spent my first few years gaining experiences and learning from them. as a gain experience, i was given greater responsibilities which led me to a responsibility -- or let me to -- let me to an assignment in germany. that was way out of my comfort zone, but frankly, i was one of the best experiences of my career. a year later, i was back in detroit and was quickly moving to a more leadership position at general motors design. i was designing trucks for gm. that was way out of my comfort

we'll see how two of the biggest initial public stock offerings in recent history are doing now; general motors and social networking website linked-in report quarterly results. also tomorrow, the latest weekly jobless benefit claims. and why it pays to go to college. a new study shows a definitive link between better education and better pay. >> suzanne: a massive cyber attack was unveiled today by mcafee. the web security provider says 72 groups, from governments to nonprofits and corporations, lost data over a five-year period. mcafee discovered the attacks earlier this year and says a nation-state is likely to blame. but, the company did not name a culprit. most of the victims were in the u.s., with a few in canada, south korea, taiwan and japan. >> tom: if you have been waiting to buy stock in chrysler, you're going to have to keep waiting. the automaker continues its post-bankruptcy turnaround and will not be selling stock to the public any time soon. today, the company's chairman, sergio marchionne, said an initial public stock offering isn't likely before 2013. still, he noted 2012 will

sales at target are up in july, and general motors doubled its second quarter profits. brad olman says the market will always have highs and lows, a cycle most can ride out. if you can't afford to, you may want to rethink your investment strategy. >> make sure your investments are consistent with your time horizon. >> reporter: martin does have a backup plan. >> if i have to keep working, i have to keep working. but i don't think i will. >> reporter: he's looking forward to getting better acquainted with his music collection. wall street is bracing for another difficult day tomorrow when the july jobs report is due out and it could spret more fear about the state of our economy. reporting live, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jean. if there's one bright spot, gas prices are falling. oil prices closed today at less than $87 a barrel, down $5 which is good news at the pump. here's what we're currently paying in the bay area. the average price for gas in san francisco $.389. in oakland, it's $3.81. still, some 64 cents higher than this time last year. we invite

to the banks and to general motors. the one about the banks and everything, what i could not understand, instead of giving them the money, and that money belonged to the people, why couldn't they give it back to the homeowners? host: i have a big jump in host: i have a big jump in because it is hard to hear you. you have to turn the television down. guest: i really appreciate that. tarp was a disaster. there was no need for that. we had never done that before in the history of the world. one man, $700 billion, don't fix things. we do not do that in america. i read that built a 700 pages. it was a disaster. we should never have done that. goldman sachs and aig should have done with every other entity does when they spend too much. you go into what is called bankruptcy. it could reorganize. virtually every one of the departments except for that credit defaults what department was doing well. we took $700 billion and heard this country separate goldman sachs had the best profit in their history. that was wrong, so wrong. i

well, this is a co-production between general motors, planet green and discovery studios. motors did come to planet green with this idea, and i, i was skeptical as well. it's a big-branded puff piece. but actually i was quite impressed with general motors, and they were very adamant from the beginning that it would not be -- jon: so you're not schilling for them. >> i'm not. they wanted to focus on the people of detroit -- jon: and what is happening? >> well, there's certainly a lot of infrastructure in the detroit that exists already, and people are getting really creative about what to do there. there's a guy, joe ferris, who who's a fashion designer who's trying to bring the garment industry to detroit and actually being quite successful about it. i'm wearing his jeans that were manufactured in detroit. jon: wow. >> um, there's a lot of amazing stories. kid rock has started a beer company there, um, there's a woman who is making coats for the homeless that turn into sleeping bags, and she's employed homeless people to actually manufacture them. and then there's a lot of

speaking of automakers, general motors stock is at its lowest point since it came public last november at $33 per share. deutsche bank cut its price target to $36.50 over worries about rising pension costs. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: an update tonight on the case against dominique strauss-kahn, the former head of the international monetary fund. prosecutors in the manhattan district attorney's office this afternoon asked the judge to drop all charges against strauss-kahn. he was charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid. he's due in court tomorrow for a status hearing. >> tom: government debt troubles are not confined to european countries or washington, d.c. from the tiny town of central falls, rhode island, to jefferson county, alabama, to vallejo, california, city halls and county commissions are wrestling with paying their i.o.u.s. in the case of vallejo, after three years in bankruptcy, a federal judge has okayed its re- payment plan, but those areas are the exceptions, not the rule, when it comes to municipal bonds. last fall, financial analyst meredith wh

america's car making capital after the two thousand and nine fifty billion dollar bailout to general motors and chrysler or automakers are in the midst of their strongest period of job growth in more than a decade since g.m. and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy the industry has created more than seventy five thousand new jobs for the first time in six years ford g.m. and chrysler are all operating at a profit g.m. has reported six straight quarterly profits in chrysler's revenue is said to be up by thirty percent nearly fourteen billion dollars from last year what about bail in the people out you bell about the corporations who bailed out the banks and doesn't mean a whole lot because the people who were in the city still don't get those jobs those jobs are still being outsourced in this once great industrial beacon of american ideals where henry ford pioneered the famous model t. production schools police and fire stations now stand a bandit as many americans are reduced to dealing in scraps you kill take just to make ends meet up or time r.t.e. detroit. and detroit is not the only city in

general motors were up about 7.5%. chrysler saw a large jump in sales to individual consumers too. >>> well, every coffee drinker has their opinion about who makes the best cup of joe and "consumer reports" is chiming in. the magazine did a taste test of widely available brands. gloria jean's and newman's own tied for first with very good rating, among the most expensive costing well over $13 a pound. >> you get what you pay for. we know about coffee on this shift. >> we're connoisseurs over here. >> yes, indeed. >>> when we come back the latest animal on the loose in new york city. >>> then shocking dash cam video of an officer's extremely close call. you won't believe what he did next. >>> disturbing new videos by the couple who kept jaycee dugard captive for 18 years. my whole body hurt. it was an ongoing, deep p in. i didn't understand it. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves

defense vice president may not be in the same dick cheney of course reported on out with from general motors and they got spending under control . you know a lot of companies that the u.s. pays big bucks to manufacture these weapons these are not competitive in the global market these are not weapons that we're selling to other countries or even equipment that we're selling to other countries why is it that the u.s. makes so many things that we're not able to then make money off of well we do sell them and i think it's important to my we're the world's largest or. export i mean we sell an awful lot of weapons around the world and the defense department like to do that because that reduces the unit cost of the weapons that we buy for example the f. thirty five of the joint strike fighter is going to be poured supposedly by about fourteen you know are there other countries we sell to you have fifteen around the world but you have a sixteen that's that's really not the not the issue the issue is can we get the weapons systems under control so the american taxpayer has would have to pay more for

this strike and flint created the uaw and got its first contract with general motors and ignited a labort in the 1930's across the country. >> michael moore, at what point in your life do you remember your sense of political right and wrong come into play? >> that's a good question. you know, i had a cousin who lived in new york city and her dad was a state assemblyman, roosevelt democrat himself. she would come their -- we would alternate. she would come one summer to michigan and we would come to new york city. and she was a little onerous. her name was passed and she caught my sisters and i a lot about politics, even in very young age. i remember first, second grade she having me memorize john f. kennedy's inaugural address, and i was able to do it. by second grade, this is what was a little freaky about me, there's this little kid wandering around, you know, "asked not --" and i try to do the accent, i am a little taught "ask not what this country can do for you." so there was a very -- i don't know, i think if you come out of an irish catholic tradition you can't help but not be eng