so clearly making major inroads, how does general motors stackompete differently against traditional technology companies? >> i think what you have to look at is the strength that general we have scale. we have a lot of technical capability. women who design the bold -- the to scale. aspects of the bold is a technology platform. not only is it electrification. we believe we're leadingsell cost perspective which benefits the consumer but also connectivity. >> we see in the last few years companies like uber, lift, whichiliar with. i want to find out from you as the company now balances between ownership and access, how does all into that picture? >> the traditional owner driver model is being challenged. and it's going to take time. one of the great things with lift, we found that we had af what we think the future of transportation will be. and with that alignment we were very quickly able to put together the other thing that is a real opportunity for general motors is that type of mode of transportation of sharing is most popular in urban 's an area where we can make more progress. w

has plans to take car culture to the next level. >> i really have to give a lot of people at general motors credit for giving me great assignments, stretching me, challenging me. motors has done really well. >>> michael sprague of kia motors shows how they drive hard to put 1 million cars on the road. >> you bought your car five years ago, even up ten years ago you have a perception of that >> right. different brand. that's what we're trying to drive people to our advertising to say hey, this is the new kia. >> we'll get an inside look at the new diversity volume leadership awards from the national association of minority automobile dealers honoring carmakers who have made the greatest inroads in minority communities. >> there were some winners that deserved every award that they received because they have invested in not only resources which you have to have somebody that owns the diversity focus. >> and rob shield, head of design at fiat chrysler will >> not too often in my career as a designer i've had a chance to start with this ground up brand-new. you look at the car coming down it lo

that's something that general motors has done really well. when you look at the key women that are in positions across the company, really heavy lifting roles, i'm really proud of general motors. >>ell me about your leadership style especially coming off of e g.m. recall and how you were able to really transform the company. >> culture change is something you don't do overnight. but that was a very serious situation that had tragic consequences. and so we wanted to make sure everybody knew how seriously we take safety and how committed we are to becoming the safety leaders. the team and the way t men and women of general motors rallied to do what needed to done when we were faced with that and so we've really just used that to accelerate. right now i'd say i'm more determined, i'm more impatient. but i think it's the team. >> absolutely. so clely making major inroads, how does general motors stack up and compete differently againstst traditional technology companies? >> i think what yohave to look at is the strength that general motors bring.

my position as i general motors's vice president a portfolio planning and strategy. i spent a lot of time thinking about what will happen with our industry over time, what opportunities there are and how to position general motors to take advantage of those opportunities. you may know, general motors have been very active with several recent announcements. all of these are aimed at our goal of earning customers for life by redefining the nature of personal ability and extending our relationship with our customers beyond the car. there are four principal areas to this initiative, autonomous autonomous driving, connectivity, electrocution, and right insurance. all of these are built on the same principle, our our top priority must be safety. i like to focus on autonomy. gm has long history with autonomous vehicle research. a recent announcement have shown driving -- from a partnership with carnegie mellon university in 2007 what a challenge by tom mc covering 60 miles and the average speed of 40 miles per hour. tour acquisition last week of cruise automation, gm is rap

in the birthplace of general motors, hillary clinton drew a clear distinction between the two democrats. >> i voted to save the auto industry. he voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. >> if you're talking about the wall street bailout, where some of your friends destroyed this economy -- >> you know. >> excuse me, i'm talking. >> reporter: clinton holds a 17-point lead in michigan. where once shining cities of steel have turned to rust. the water of flint has been poisoned with lead. for his role in that crisis, both sanders and clinton called for the resignation of the republican governor. >> his dereliction of duty was irresponsible. he should resigned.

so let's start with your first pick, general motors. and they've had some good quarters. >> they have. they've had fantastic quarters. and auto sales in the u.s. are hitting record highs. but there's this pervasive fear in the market that we're hitting the top or the peak. i don't think we are. the company says we're not. i think sales will continue to be strong in the u.s. and globally. this stock pays a dividend yield right around 5%. it's cheap at five or six types earnings. think it's a steal. >> they've got very stylish cars coming on too. the impala, a couple of the buicks, the cadillac. let's go to your second pick, omega health care investors. you say it's kind of being tar the with a broad brush. >> omega is a health care property reap. they buy properties and lease them to health care providers. i think they have a great demographic tail wind. none of us are getting any younger and we're going to need more and more health care as we get older. this company executes outstanding, has a 6% plus yield. there's a competitor of thei

my position inside general motors is vice president of what planning and strategy. i think about what will happen to our industry over time, what the opportunities are, and how to position general motors to take advantage of those technologies. general motors has been very active in the autonomous space with several recent announcements. these relate to our goal of earning customers for life. there are four principal areas to the initiative. autonomous driving, 970, of adjudication, and ridesharing. all of these are built on the same bedrock principle. safety.ock must be i like to focus you minutes on autonomy. gm has a long history with autonomous vehicle research. from our partnership with carnegie mellon university, which, in 2007, autonomously covered 60 miles at an average speed of 14 miles per hour, to our acquisition last week of cruise automation, gm is rapidly technology. we are deploying technologies across more of our portfolio and additionalinging safety enhancing technologies like forward collision warning to vehicles at all price points, including inex

mike ableson, vice president strategy and global platform planning, general motors company. mr. glen devos, safety at delphi ought m automaker. joseph okpaku, vice president of government relations for lyft. and as i mentioned earlier dr. mary missy louise cummings, director of human and autonomy lab and duke robotics at duke university. so welcome to all of you. thank you for participating today. we'll start on my left and your right with dr. urmson and proceed as each of you complete and as close as possible stay to the five-minute time allotment for we have ample time for members to ask questions. i think we will have good participation today. thank you all for being here. dr. urmson. >> thank you, chairman thune, ranking member nelson and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify today about the potential of self-driving cars to improve the lives of people everywhere. my name is chris urmson and i've been leading the google self-driving car since 2009. the video we would have shown earlier captures many of the reasons why we're excited about this technol

officials from general motors, google, lyft will testify.that hearing begins at 2:30 eastern, again, here on c-span3. >>> campaign 2016 continues today with primaries taking place in missouri, illinois and swing states ohio, north carolina and florida. live coverage of the election results, candidate speeches and viewer reaction gets under way at 7:00 p.m. eastern. taking you on the road to the white house, on c half span, c-span radio and cspan.org. >>> as you just saw the house oversight and governmental reform committee held its second hearing looking at the contaminated drinking water in, flibt flint, michigan. heard from susan hedman and dayne walling. the scientist that tested the water said the epa created the flint crisis. we start with ms. hedman's explanation after the swearing in. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. each of your written statements wil

ford and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, general motors both investi lot in the bay area.hat both companies have planned coming u >>> is sillicon valley become the new detroit? ford and general motors both investing a lot in the bay area. what both companies have planned. that's coming up today on kpix 5 news at 5:00. >>> roberta is talking to kcbs radio right now so we are going to talk about the weather. let's take a look at the doppler and see how we're doing out there right now. is that roberta over there? >> i'm here. >> okay. take it away. >> i was on kcbs radio updating everybody but we'll have scattered showers throughout the day today. a threat of a thunderstorm still exists. high 50s, 60s and boy, rain all weekend. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, ♪ >> deacon: what the hell? you're late. >> quinn: sorry. traffic. >> deacon: quinn, understand this -- this guy's doing me a favor because we used to be in the same meeting together. >> quinn: i didn't think you just palled around with a bunch of neurologists. look, i -- i appreciate it. >>

stephen: general motors and google had a committee hearing on tuesday, calling on lawmakers to look at federal legislation for the company, currently governed at a state level. there is a warning that self driving cars are not ready to be rolled out around the country. >> going for a spin with no hands on the wheel. fastdriving cars are moving from science fiction into reality. some politicians are already seduced. >> we actually drove down constitution, and the car drove itself. and keptd the brakes between the lines. it was quite a ride, the future for automobiles. >> the next step, legislation to carmakers are urging american politicians to make sure there are consistent laws across the country. 23 states currently have 53 pieces of legislation relating to self-driving vehicles, some of which are contradictory. >> the worst possible scenario for the growth of autonomous vehicles are inconsistent and conflicting patchwork of municipal and county laws that will hamper efforts to bring autonomous vehicle technology to market. >> some of the biggest makers like google and general motors

mike ableson, general motors company. mr. glen devas, vice president of global engineeri ining and services at delphi automotive. mr. joseph opaku, vice president of government relations for lift and as i mentioned earlier dr. missy louise comings, director of humans and autonomy lab at duke robotics at duke university. welcome to all of you, thank you for participating today. we'll start on my left and your right with dr. urmson and proceed as each of you complete. and if you could at least as close as possible stay to the five minute time allotment so we have ample time for members to ask questions because i think we'll have good participation today. dr. urmson? >> thank you, chairman thune, ranking member nelson. thank you for inrighting me to testify about the potential for self-driving cars to improve the lives of people everywhere. my name is chris urmson and i've been leave leading the technology development since 2009. the video we would have shown earlier captures many of the reasons why we're excited about this tech

this concerns general motors. a u.s.ury found general motors liable for a defective ignition switch that prompted the recall of millions of vehicles but the jury declined to award any damages to the two people that said they were injured in the car accident caused by a defect. it's the first involving an accident blamed on the switch but the jury, although they found gm liable they did not award damages to the two people that brought the suit. back to you. i'll see you for a news update in a morning. >> general motors shares moving into negative territory on the news. when we come back, an interview with the top uber advisor and former campaign manager for president obama. david plouffe is with us coming up next on squawk alley. [dad] i wear a dozen different hats doing small gigs,side gigs...gig gigs. quickbooks self-employed helps me get ready for tax time. to separate expenses,i just swipe. it's one hat i don't mind wearing. [passenger] i work for me. and so does quickbooks. it estimates my taxes,so i know how much st

why general motors thinks a legendary brand is ready to roar again. all that and more for thursday, march 10th. >>> good evening and welcome. tyler mathisen is on assignment tonight. >>> the justice department filed its latest response in the fight over encryption, calling apple's rhetoric false and corrosive. the government wants apple to comply with the fbi to unlock an iphone used by one of the gunmen in a december attack in san bernardino, california, which left 14 people dead. the government also said in this case apple "deliberately raised technological barriers" and that apple can remove those bare yerls. so let's bring amon jaffers in for more. the justice department wording was extremely strong -- really tough language from doj. i want to read an excerpt to give you a sense how strong this language was, writing apple attacks the allritz act, the 1789 law the government is relying on, attacked as air cake, the court order as leading to a police state, and the fbi investigation as shoddy, while extolling itself as the primary guardian of americ

. >> still ahead general motors teaming up with car riding service letting drivers rent vehicles and service set to the soon roll out in d.c.. >> harlem globe troters in town and makeing a special appearance not only at "fox5" but a local school. we'll tell about you all of that later. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. america runs on dunkin'. glenn:threateningicans: gofederal workers;ns now they're refusing to even consider president obama's nominee for the supreme court. it disrespects the president and all of us -- and we won't put up with it. in congress, i'll protect president obama's legacy, defend obamacare, and stand up for social security and medicare. i'm glenn ivey and i approve this message. i'll take on republicans - for all of us. >> dour futures down 70. yesterday we closed highest level of entire year, 1729 if you look at the dow the nasdaq hi we're only down about 1% in 2016. >>

general motors looking at a new transportation option in the bay area. the detroit automaker bought a small software company that's been testing driverless cars on the streets of san francisco. the purchase of cruise automation is intended to jump- start the development of self- driving car. >>> california parents could get time off. a new bill would give them three paid days a year ecifically for school activities such as field trips and school plays. l.a. assemblyman sponsored the measure. he said parents shouldn't have to choose between paying the bills and being involved in their child's education. the bill goes to committee hearing in the next month. >>> we want to get you back now to our breaking ns. a trump campaign rally in chicago after there was violent protests. craig boswell reports from the white house. tension between trump supporters and protestors have been building. >> reporter: yeah. good evening. we have asked several times during recent donald trump press conferences if there's going to be more security added or how he is going to dea

. >>> a jury today found general motors' ignition switch was defective but it was not the cause of a 2014 accident. no damages were awarded to the two people who were injured. lawyers for the automaker argued that the accident was caused by ice on a bridge. the verdict was the first involving gm's ignition switch and there are more than 200 pending cases that allege injury or death was caused by gm vehicle defects. >>> detroit, of course home to jm general motors and other automakers. while sales are now near records, that wasn't the case a few years ago. the business, of course, being bail out, housing had collapsed in the city and many who lived in detroit up and left. the long road back for the motor town and as kate rogers reports, small business played a key role. >> reporter: after emerging from the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, detroit is undergoing a revitalization driven by small businesses that believe in the city's future. april anderson launched her bakery, good cakes and bakes, in 2013, serving up organic products made from locally sourced ingredients. her goa

general motors announced last september that it reached a deal to settle nearly 1400 cases for $275 million. >>> it's 4:49 now. right now, police are searching for a suspect who opened fire in broad daylight in the bronx. you can see the man police are searching for wearing that red sweatshirt in the surveillance he's running down boston road sunday afternoon. pulled out a gun. police say he fired one round but fortunately nobody was hit. >>> police are searching for four men who robbed a livery cab driver at knifepoint. it happened in january in brooklyn. police just released this surveillance video. keep an eye on the man in the back behind the driver. he pulls a knife on the driver. he's identified as 42-year-old michael -- the four men got away with money but the driver was not hurt. >>> we're following a couple of terror attacks overseas. one caused massive casualties in turkey's capital. the death toll rising to 37 people where a suicide bomb went off near a bus station. kurdish rebels are believed to be behind the assault. turkey's military carried out air strikes against kurdish pos

we noticed was immediately general motors stopped using the water. >> really? >> yes, they said it rusted their parts as we continued to stay on it. >> so they had the money to do it. >> they had the money to do that. and they saw something was wrong even they we did too, we the people saw something was wrong but our voices weren't heard. >> how much do you buy the argument of the bailing out the auto industry was the bad trade deals. >> some of both of that and one of the things that we've talked about is what we need to have happen is we need some companies to come back and invest in flint. we need that to happen we have to rebuild our city. >> has does hillary clinton do that as oppose in had to bernie sanders. >> what we're doing with the young people is it's more than delivery of water and healthy foods to the families, it's job training because with this infrastructure crisis job opportunities are going to be coming so we want to get people trained for these jobs so they'll have a skill, we hope they stay in flint, but wherever they go it's something no o

this is leading to a richer life, you need a car and you needed from general motors. look at all the nice new cars from 1951. it was written, if ever there was industrial might in those years, it was general motors, a company so powerful that to call a corporation seems inadequate. it would become the first corporation in the history of mankind to gross $1 billion. gm had assets greater than argentina and revenue eight times higher than the state of new york. in 1945, new car sales totaled over $69,000, that is across the country. by 1955, 10 years later, new cars hold $8 million -- a million car sales a year. they were big and really, with chrome and they were gas guzzling. the automobile industry changed the way that americans lived and is stimulated the economy care by 1950 -- economy. americans had at least one car. you only have two cars, you can just imagine. now, alfred p sloan was the architect of dm's -- gm's ride and essential to the vision was the model change, getting you to hate what you bought last year. make car owners restless with what they own and ea

the general motors plant stopped using the water when it started to rust new parts. what would that tell -- what would that tell the average person? i mean, they need to stop drinking it. i mean, come on. is it that difficult to determine? >> we continued to rely on the michigan department of environmental quality. until such time as they deemed the water unsafe to drink, we were doing all that we could to manage the contamination and to also make the water accessible and -- >> look. look. after the january 15th, 2015, letter, a few days later, the director of the detroit water system sent you a letter offering to reconnect the city of flint to the detroit water supply. why did you reject the director's offer? >> i did not do that. i was gone from flint. i had left flint by that time that letter came out. that rejection was written by my successor. again, there were four emergency managers during this period. that letter of rejection came from my successor. >> okay. and so it came down to you or your successor trying to save $18 million? >> it came down to the fact t

general motors shares -- let museum in.inutes, but they are turning down. there is still again there as we way through the numbers. i will figure out why they posted a drop rather than again. investors are doing the same or now. david: i apologize that i interrupted you. ashwin: negative interest rates? i think with the central banks are trying to do is force people to invest in other assets. the fed called it the portfolio channel. when i think the real issue is is that it's not about cheap money anymore. it's about treating demand. it's not a shortage of demand. it's a shortage of liquidity. how are we going to progress? monetary authorities have done what they can. the rates have been close to zero in the u.s. and rates in the rest of the world have enclosed a negative. what you need a structural change and some sort of physical push like i was talking about before. if japanese government bonds yields zero and the u.s. tenure yields 1.75%, we are not dropping off the face of the earth, but what i think what the world is

>>pam m: it is called krewes automation we're back now to explain why some interesting both general motors. catherine h: is also another move for gm to work on developing self driving cars for the fall with the general motors president the crews also appealing to gm because this one of the very few firms that have a permit from the california dmv to test self driving vehicles on public roads. nissan leaf... what will you do? ♪ how far will you go? ♪ how much will you see? ♪ electrify the world. now with a class-leading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. ♪ >>reporter: finishes said farewell and thank you to nancy reagan on friday in a tennis first lady michelle president obama president george w. bush former first the galore bushel the retention and roslyn carter the night for your first lady of past when sunday at her home in los angeles rock the which did not and remembered by family friends liberties and political dignitaries from all colors of the political spectrum during friday afternoon service at the ronald reagan presidential library

the general motors plant stopped using the water when it started to rest new parts. what would that tell the average person? that they need to stop drinking it. difficult to determine? to rely on the michigan department of environmental quality. until such time as they deemed the water and safe to drink, we were doing all that we could to manage the contamination and to also make the water accessible and potable. letter,ry 15, 25th teen just a few days later, the director of the detroit water system sends you a letter offering to reconnect the city of flint to the detroit water supply. why did you reject the directors offer? >> i do not do that. i was gone from flint. i had left flint by that time the letter came out. the rejection was written by my successor. there were four emergency managers during that time. that letter of rejection came from my successor. you orso it came down to your successor trying to say $18 million? that came down to the fact the city did not have $18 million. they were paying the highest water rates in the country. we have litigation pendi

congress wondering how it can help, not get in the way. >>> general motors announced it will rent gm cars to drivers in chicago so they can work as lift drivers. you pay a max of 99 a week, plus 20 cents a mile and keep whatever you make as a lyft driver. you drive for lyft enough the rental fee will be waived. >>> gm getting ready for the future, lyft, it bought cruise in san francisco for $1 billion. gm and other companies are working on really two things. one, fully autonomous cars and secondly regular cars with shades of autonomy, like adaptive cruise control, automatic breaking. there is a worry with the half driver, half robot marriage that people particularly young people will use that pseudoautonomy to pay less attention to the road. if your car will follow the car ahead of it on the highway, that might be a fine time to update facebook status which is fine in you're in a fully autonomous car. but cars semi autonomous, in a way, have the worst of both worlds. they tempt the driver to pay less attention. >> i would be on board if i could deactivate that for my kids. >> so they

general motors was founded in flint in 1908. so federal policy and state policy both should support these cities, and not lead them all by themselves to have to deal with the ebb and flow of economic trends. flint was completely incapable of dealing with the loss of 60,000 gm jobs. >> we know bernie sanders' policies, they're pretty dramatic. we know donald trump. hillary clinton, center left politician we all know, what would she do for dplint that you're backing her. >> she would make sure we had theflint that you're backing her. >> she would make sure we had the help to get through the crisis but the conversations i've had with her, she shares the same values that i share. we need to breakdown the barriers that people in flint face, one of the ways to do that is invest in manufacturing. for example, she announced her economic plan. one of the things she would require is that when a company takes tax breaks to grow jobs in a particular community like flint, which we did, if they leave, they've got to pay the money back to the

general motors is back in court this week over its faulty ignition switches. jury selection begins today in the second trial involving a car crash allegedly caused by a switch. plaintiff gave misleading telephone, a sell case, gm's already paid out $2 billion in settlements and penalties. >>> flooding in louisiana has now been formally declared a major disaster. it's left at least three people dead there and thousands of homes in need of repair. the governor's office says nearly 5,000 homes have been damaged along the mississippi delta. the national guard spokesman says it's the worst nonhurricane flooding the state has ever seen. on sunday president obama signed a disaster declaration to bring federal aid to victims. nicole mitchell has more on the wet weather and what we expect to go forward. >> the good news of the flooding, a lot of this moisture has dropped off but there's so much moisture it's going to take especially the rivers a few days to get back to normal if not longer. to the great lakes and northeast, another little band that has been growing thr

. >>> a new trial starts today over general motors faulty ignition switch controversy. the federal trial aiming to define legal boundaries that made aid the settlement of hundreds of lawsuits. is stems from a 2014 crash where a driver lost control of their car and couldn't stop even after hitting their brakes. >>> and you might want to pay extra attention on the road today because daylight savings time changes may do more than make you sleepy. >> a new study shows car crashes spike after the clocks change. crashes typically go up about 6% monday after the time change which would be today. aaa urges you to check and cleans your cars headlights and break lights and pay closer attention to roads on your way home from work change that clock in your car too. >>> all right now to dramatic new video that will make you think twice before ever tailgating someone. this shows two cars traveling on a wisconsin highway where one car is very closely following the other car are this front of it when the car in front slams on the brakes sending the other car skidding off the road. the

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. >>> a jury has found general motors ignition switch is not to blame for an accident in new orleans. this was one of six trials scheduled for this year to resolve claims on these ignition switch issues. in this case, the accident involved an icy bridge and two people injured in a fender bender. gm has recalled millions of cars over the faulty ignition switch. >>> cans of green beans are being pulled from stores around the country after a very the okposo an oklahoma couple says they found the head and leg of a mouse inside. >> i just noticed there was something black in the green beans. i was like, that's not normal. so i picked it up. a mouse head. >> the best choice food company pulled all the cans from stores. an investigation is now underway. >> the best choice was not, was it? >> no. >>> there's a little more than two weeks left to file your taxes. tax-related identity theft is on the rise. but the irs has some new safeguards in place. better get baquero for what's being done to protect you. here's lynda baquero. >> tate is still dealing with legal issues and trying to recover hi

solo cups to general motors that lost jobs overseas because of our engagement in trade deals.y standard for trade is that it has to benefit and support american workers, american manufacturing, and that it must laws,t the other environmental safety and other laws. i believe that other trade laws we have been involved in do not do that. the transpacific partnership, which i have been trying to make that are for quite some time, it does not meet the mark. i would urge my opponent, who has supported nine of the last 11 trade deals, to not continue going down the track that trades away american jobs. rep. van hollen: thank you. like with any agreement, you need to look at a particular agreement and ask yourself the question, is this good for the american economy? is this good for american workers? is this good for american wages? the ttp did not meet that standard for a variety of reasons, including allowing mine countries to under environmental protection laws, and i opposed the fast track and i opposed the previous multilateral trade agreements. you have to look at each of these

you know, the one of general motors dumped all of that crap and stuff in?ll of the industrial toxins and stuff? we will go to that river in the interim. and these decisions were made by an emergency manager. and that is the untold story about the problem we have here. we don't have just a water problem, we got a democracy problem. we got a dictatorship problem. we got a problem of being stripped of our democracy as we have known it over the years. and for someone to come to our city, a proud city where -- with a rich labor history. amy: you have a long history here. talk about how that influenced you. >> we have the first to give are sized to elect an african a american mayor. we've has one of the first city housing in the country. the sitdown strike of 1937. we are not the type of people used to being walked on. amy: that is clever clinton of the democracy defense league. while she was conducting her breakfast meeting. a woman came in extremely upset. she said she needed to get clean water to her infant grandson. another woman said she had just bought wate

general motors announced gm will rent cars to drivers in chicago to ly fwrx t drivers. if you drive enough, the rental fee is waived. that program starts in chicago and could expand. >>> gm has been partnering upping at the future of cars with lyft ride sharing and autonomus driving companies. they just bought cruise for a billion dollars. >>> also happening today we expect apple to respond to the latest fbi filing in the san bernardino iphone case. as we said, this is getting less and les polite. in its most recent filing, the fbi said it might ask for apple's source code. that is like asking for the formula for coca-cola. that's not all happening today, the fed meets, as well. for that, let's turn to landon dowdy live at world headquarter headquarters. >> wall street gets the week off to a mixed start. investers are looking ahead to the fed meeting which begins today. the central bank is not expected to raise interest rates, but when they might later this year. look for data on retail sales and the dow rising 15 points to 17229. the nasdaq up a point to 4750. scott, b

. >>> general motors is recalling 2016 shaef malchevy malibus. the recall effects 3,200 scars. side air bags can fracture when the air bag deploys. that means the air bag may move and not be effective. rely gentleman in january, al jazeera would closed its cable news outlet. >>> the first orders of the virt reality virt virtual headset. problems some testers had with naush rah mostly been eliminated. the preorder price is $600. >>> super hero debut rackeded over 170 million in north american ticket sales. that is the sixth best opening of all time. the disney animation hit "zootopia" in second and "big fat greek wedding" came in third at the box office. >>> still to come, a syracuse stunner. the orange pull off an improbable turnaround against virginia to buy a ticket into tournament. introducing oikos crunch. greek nonfat yogurt with delicious crunchy toppings like chocolate and peanut butter chips. crunched it! new oikos crunch. be unstoppable. feel secure in your dentures... feel free to be yourself all day. just switch from denture paste to sea-bond denture adhesive seals.

reporter: german carmaker opel, a subsidiary of general motors, is determined to become profitable again in 2016. it has managed to increase its u.s. market share by 7% last year. sales could be given a boost by his latest award. the opel astra was selected as the 2016 core of the year. that could be an important indication the automaker is back on the road to profitability. for now, the company is still losing money. meanwhile, google says one of its self driving cars has hit a bus. the accident in the city of mountain view, california was described as a minor crash, but may be the first case of an autonomous car running into another vehicle. in an accident report filed in february, google said a lexus suv like this one was driving itself, when it's a laser sensor detected sandbags on the road. the car moved to avoid them and then stared into the approaching bus. the leader vehicle was going particularly fast of the time. it does raise concerns about the robotic car's safety on the road. the buzz is getting louder about a possible bidding war for the london stock exchange. news broke la

. >> we talked to the woman making history as the first female ceo and chairman of general motors, mary barra has plans to take car culture to the next level. >> i really have to give a lot of people at general motors credit for giving me great assignments, stretching me, challenging me.

as google and general motors answer senators' questions about autonomous cars.enators will have questions about safety, but the more they push safety today, the more google will be able to prove its point that the cars of the future ought to be totally autonomous and out of the hands of human drivers who cause 32,000 deaths in america every year. >>> wall street looking a little to the down side. this morning dow industrials down a100 points. the fed begins its two-day meeting this morning. we do not expect them to raise interest rates. >>> got a go update for you. let's take you to korea where the human go player lost to a computer in a total of five games. losing four of them. the man who played the games is a master. but strictly speaking, not the top man in the world. there might be a human computer rematch ahead. bay area-based virgin america will start service from sfo to denver this morning. virgin points out that denver is a very heavy tech city and the head of virgin airlines richard branson will fly on that first flight and a video teleconference. trut

then there's general motors that surprised analysts with sales falling 1.5%. well below the gain in monthly sales many forecasted. what happened? gm says it decided to cut less profitable fleet sales. those are sales to rental car corporations and agencies. as gm cut the business, ford stepped in with more than a third of its business coming if fleet sales. regardless of the buyer, february showed suvs and pick ups remain red hot. jeep sales shot up 23%. while toyota had a second straight month of record truck sales. keep in mind, january and february are the two slowest months of the year for auto sales. while business that been good, few are excited. that could change as we roll into spring where strong sales could set the stage for another record year in the auto industry. "nightly business report," chic constn spending reached its higher level in eight years. weakness in home building was offset by non-residential activity and government products. congress reported a 1.5% increase in january. an indication to some that the economy regained momentum at the

. >> jainzville lost its general motors plant after 89 years and bill doesn't see trump as truly being for the workers. >> i'm headed there to protest right now. and just to show -- i think he wants people to protest and it brings him out, that side of him. but i am still going. >> fred harmon has been a defendant republican since 1976 when jimmy carter pardoned the conscientious objectors to the vietnam war. he said trump would need to do a few things to get his vote. >> he is going to have to backtrack on some of the things he said. immigration and he really needs to apologize to megyn kelly and some people he has been nasty to. >> paul ryan, i don't know him wel well, but i am sure i am going to get along great with him and if i don't, he is going to have to pay a big price. okay? >> donald trump may be today's speaker but in this town of 64,000, there is one speaker that has the support of many of them. >> well, paul is a good view. he is a compromiser and can work with a lot of different people. >> antonio, you know, this is an interesting place. janeville has been democrats and r

. >>> general motors heads to court in a new lawsuit over faulty ignition switches. can slip out of the on position causing cars to stall and knock out power steering and turn offer the air bags. in the last two year, gm recalled more than 30 million vehicles and paid nearly $600 million in settlements. about 1700 wrongful death cases have not been settled. >>> the wife of famed comedian bill cosby is expected to return for the second part of her deposition today. camille cosby testified under oath last month in a defamation lawsuit against her husband. the lawsuit was filed by seven women who say bill cosby sexually assaulted them. camille cosby's lawyers have argued she has no information that would be relevant to that lawsuit. prosecutors say it's the only way to get the truth. >>> 4:49 now. it was chaotic scene, but necessary practice. close to 100 emergency responders participated in a disaster drill for metro. the eisenhower avenue metro for hours yesterday for this exercise. it took a mock derailment in a tunnel with riders injured. first responders from surro