general motors ford and chrysler. we have celebrated great days and endured dark hours over approximately one hundred years of all the mobility history. however we have never seen as midnight and now. as we faced see this coming. as our national lawmakers on capitol hill contemplate whether or not they will extend much needed financial assistance to these crucial american automobile manufacturers. but those of you who think that this is not a spiritualist. as you to ponder the history. of our manufacturing. first let's understand that it is god this is a man doesn't work. then he should not eat. it is gone who ordain men to work by the sweat. and it is gone he demands that a man should be the head of his home. in leadership in example and in provision. acts like. all these old police value. plays bought by a very narrow ok i'm going to take your route. let me my mama take care your family our house where i live where are we going to go to god let me go we got plenty of gold baby does combat. make me happy. and i'm lik

general motors, ford and chrysler are thriving. they are all unionized. that doesn't work.rk. we basically have good jobs here. we have to start employing people here. the president should be job owning. people are sitting on record amounts of money. they've got it here. they've got it in their coffers. pfizer, general motors, caterpillar. tell them to start bringing that back here and put americans back it work. that should be the message that we do. >> all right. teamsters union president. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> i don't believe what the white house or john boehner said in the scheduling kerfuffle what it says about la we can expect going forward. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. >>> yesterday's scheduling flap between the white house and the house was a stark reminder of the dysfunction in washington. and if they'd fight about that, it doesn't bode well for the next 15 months. i get that this coming weekend, labor day weekend, marks the unofficial end of summer and that tuesday is back to work and school for many adults and children. i also under

general motors, ford and chrysler are thriving. they are all unionized.t work. we basically have good jobs here. we have to start employing people here. the president should be job owning. people are sitting on record amounts of money. they've got it here. they've got it in their coffersç pfizer, general motors, caterpillar. tell them to start bringing that back here and put americans back it work. that should be the message that we do. >> all right. team stars un teamsters union president. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> i don't believe what the white house or john boehner said in the scheduling kerfuffle wlaen it says about la we can expect going forward. you're watching "hardball" only on mooes mooes. [ oswald ] there's a lot of discussion going on about the development of natural gas, whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobil we know the answer is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement. most wells are over a mile and a half deep so there's a tremendous amount of prote

where would they have gone back some of their resources with a gun to ford and general motors. -- there are resources would have gone to ford and general motors. what they learned is the government is going to bail us out. if chrysler had been allowed to fail, they would have learned a different lesson. a lot of the resources may have gone to a private u.s. company. that company may have been a non-union company. people talk about the genius of the japanese automobile industry. the only genius is they operate in the non-union plants. we would have a much healthier automobile business if chrysler had been allowed to fail. we of not allowed people to foreclose on houses that kept the housing market from the bombing. it has driven house prices lower than it would again. why's that? they are not gone to buy a new homes if they know the price is going to go down that quick. there is a huge inventory of foreclosed houses. the inability of the real-estate market is a drag on the economy. most economists will have to admit the stimulus program did not work. it is not surprising. do you believe

in detroit now with, you know, general motors, chrysler ford rebounding very nicely after the major concessions the unions gave a few years ago they're trying to go on the offensive and saying you companies are doing so well why don't you pay us more and provide us with better benefits. >> suarez: same question. what's your general diagnosis? >> the union movement is in a lot of trouble. their unionization rates are lower than when roosevelt first signed the national labor relations act. the reason is competition in the economy. when did detroit start going downhill? when you had toyota and honda and the like in many cases building cars with american workers but non-union american workers and came into the market in the '80s. that was when detroit began its slide. the same thing with verizon. why were the land line workers on strike in you have competition from the cell phones and the land line business is declining. the companies can't pass it on to the consumers so you can't raise wages. >> suarez: what do you think. >> it's been a tough year for labor. the economy is in the doldrums. we have

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general motors and giving a sweetheart deal to the unions for the next four years. it's not good for us. i don't think it's good for general motors and it's really bad for fordwhy? >> because they have not yet got an agreement with the union. do they now have to match the sweetheart deal that the union got from general motors? remember, ford didn't get any bailout money. and now they've got to compete in the marketplace against the taxpayer funded union. that's not a good position for ford to be in at this moment. >> if the company, g.m., says that they're working towards it or they may have said they paid the taxpayer back. you say that's fuzzy math and it's not quite right. >> no, we still have the 26% stake and we're still underwater. >> at some point, do you think we should sell it back? >> i don't know. >> he doesn't know something. i'm going to let you think about that for nine hours. 12 hours and then i'm going to ask you tonight when we're on hannity. >> g me, dana. thank you very much. all right, varney, you have the show starts at 9:20. >> varney & company, starting at 9:20 this morning. let's see what happens with the market today. >> as soon as i

where would they have gone back some of their resources with a gun to ford and general motors. -- there are resources would have gone to ford and general motors. what they learned is the government is going to bail us out. if chrysler had been allowed to fail, they would have learned a different lesson. a lot of the resources may have gone to a private u.s. company. that company may have been a non-union company. people talk about the genius of the japanese automobile industry. the only genius is they operate in the non-union plants. we would have a much healthier automobile business if chrysler had been allowed to fail. we of not allowed people to foreclose on houses that kept the housing market from the bombing. it has driven house prices lower than it would again. why's that? they are not gone to buy a new homes if they know the price is going to go down that quick. there is a huge inventory of foreclosed houses. the inability of the real-estate market is a drag on the economy. most economists will have to admit the stimulus program did not work. it is not surprising. do you believe

since then, however, look at the detroit three, for instance, ford, general motors and chrysler bothed thousands and thousands of jobs since emerging from chapter 11. in cases of general motors, added a shift opened plants, hired new uaw workers and so forth. certainly the part of industry that i'm in is neither anti-union nor anti-worker. in fact, quite the contrary. >> karen, jump in? >> i want to go become to the question respectfully on war on workers. at a time when you are seeing the middle class in this country actually the size of it dwin paychecks are not going as far as they used to. at the same timepaychecks are not going as far, the top 1% of the company, making bigger and bigger profits they're not sharing with workers. you're seeing both public sector and private sector employees seeing their pensions and those promises that were made in the pension basically decimated. why shouldn't people feel like there's a war on them? >> look, certainly the pay raises in the government sector are far outpacing pay raises in the private secretary perp what's happened, if you asked m

general motors posted a 16% gain. ford rose 11%.are looking at smaller more efficient cars. we are two weeks away from the rerelease of star wars drill dwi. the star wars includes audio commentary from george lucas. lucas has made some changes including using computer generated technology to make yoda enthe ewalks blink. >>> time now 6:52. it's an interesting exhibit. it's called the war on terror exhibit. some really chilling reminders of america's worst terror attack. >>> a little known sculpture on the bay bridge. what it stands for and why it could disappear soon. >>> good morning, if you are driving in san jose already some slow traffic here getting up into the valley. we'll tell you what is causing it and where the slow traffic is right now. >>> good morning, time now 6:55. the opening of a new exhibit in washington, d.c. shows haunting symbols of terrorism. days before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the museum there is displaying 60 items connected to that attack. they will include the charred cell phones of the v

general motors hosted a 60% gain. ford rose 11%.he auto makers say people are looking at smaller more fuel efficient cars. >>> we are just two weeks away from the rerelease of the star wars trilogy on blue ray. star wars the complete saga includes audio commentary. interviews with casts and crews. lucas has also made some changes included using computer generated technology to make yoda and the ewalks blink. >> okay. >>> time now 5:52. a discovery in contra costa county. it's not good. what officials found and warning residence be careful. >>> and watching dollars go bye bye as the cal bears open their football season tomorrow. who will lose a lot of money when the team plays several games in san francisco. >>> welcome back to the morning news. mosquito control has discofferred eight more birds infected with west nile virus. they were found in central and eastern contra costa county. 17 birds have tested positive for west nile this year. no reports of people being infected. >>> the cal bears kick off their 2011 season tomorrow. this

general motors posted a 16% sales gain. ford reports sale are up 11 percent. people want smaller and more fuel-efficient cars. >>> we're two weeks away from the release of the star wars trilogy on blu-ray. it includes contare from the directtor george lucas and extended, deleted and alternative scenes. george lucas has made some changes including using computer generated technology. >>> the cal bears football team starts their season tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. and they'll be at candlestick park in san francisco. this year all six of cal's home games will be played in san francisco while the memorial stadium gets a badly needed facelift and many eastlake businesses are not happy about this. and it will cost businesses and bars restaurants some big bucks because they're used to having the fastball fans showing up. and that may have impact on traffic tomorrow. >>> yes. it won't be quite the tame as a 49 game. but there will be some activity at candlestick for that 4:00 p.m. start. let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge. this is light at the toll plaza. this is

this is general motors' first labor negotiations since returning to life as a publicly traded company. separate negotiations continue between the union and automakers ford and chrysler. >> susie: and some deal-making for yahoo could be in the works as well. microsoft and the private equity firm silver lake are reportedly looking to buying yahoo! the web giant could be worth more than $19 billion, but it has struggled to keep up with rivals google and facebook. darren gersh reports. >> tom: finding a buyer with deep-pockets and a hunger to turn around a troubled company is one obvious solution for yahoo. but that's one tough search, says morningstar equity analysts rick summer. >> they've been trying to liquidate assets in asia in yahoo japan and alibaba group. they've been unable to do so. they have big tax liabilities associated with any liquidation. both of those problems will travel with the company to the acquirer, so it's not clear the acquirer can solve these problems any better than yahoo can, so why should they pay up to be able to solve those problems? >> reporter: yahoo has butted heads with the c.e.o. of its asian partner, the e-commerce site

general motors. gm says it's the smallest increase in labor costs in four decades. >>> bloomberg reports ford may add4,000 jobs by moving production of its fusion sedans from mexico to the united states. >>> tainted cantaloupe linked to the deaths of 13 people in what is now the country's deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness since 1998. let's take a closer look at this listeria outbreak. want to walk over and break it down for you here. if you take a peek at it, we now have this report, 18 states have been affected, 72 illnesses, 13 deaths. these are the states where the deaths have occurred, the darker orange states. 18 states in all against 72 illnesses, the latest count. those numbers will go up. why does this happen? here is one of the reasons. this listeria, it can stay in still pools of water. you see that in a lot of agricultural settings like that. also, gets into the soil, very persistent, hard to get out. this is significant, if it gets inside an animal and the intestines, it is such a survivable disease it can hang forever and live for a long time in animal interstate intestines. one re

ford and chrysler have just started negotiating while talks with general motors are negotiating. >>>t's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories. president obama makes a televised speech this afternoon at 4 p.m. before congress about creating jobs. among other things he's expected to call for, tending payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits and spending more on repairing the nation's infrastructure. >> an atrainment set in hayward for the woman nonpartisan accuse -- accused in the death of michelle le. michelle le's bodies a not been found. family members tell ktvu they're planning another search next weekend. >>> bart riders in san francisco could be in for another disrupted come put for this evening's rush hours. protesters plan to block the fare gates. >>> tomorrow there will be another protest in downtown san francisco. this one will mark the first anniversary of the san bruno popeline disaster. members of the green party and others want to express their outrage over the deadly explosion and fire. >>> moammar gadhafi is denying that he has fled libya. on a newly r

general motors and chrysler. there are likely to just extended their current contracts like they did with ford. >> republicans scored an upset victory last night in the race for a house seat of anthony wiener. winner was caught in the middle of a sexting scandal and resigned. now retired media at executive of turner defeated state assemblymen david work there. democrats are outnumbering republicans 3-1. they're sending a republican to the house of representatives for the first time in over 90 years. here is a live look outside. we're back with more. how about your 7 day around the bay? this is what it will be like outside. >> 9:29 a.m.. here is a beautiful shot from the mt. tam cam. a light to the breeze and plenty of sunshine. we're looking for another nice day before the cool down tomorrow. >> new details about global buying out motorola. information reveals that google wanted the deal so badly it offered another $3 billion to see it through. motorola rejected an initial offer of $30 per chair and asked for $43.50. in the end motorola agreed at $40 per share. the big prize fraternity or the global patents that mot

general motors more or less. why should they receive a subsidy when ford and chrysler get nothing on their vehicles? that is where the money is going. host: so you say, fair trade? caller: take the money from that and put it on disaster aid. host: all but six democrats oppose the bill because it offsets $1.5 billion, 3.6 5 billion -- host: greendale, north carolina, leo joining us on our independent line. caller: i am very liberal. i would say that with the disaster relief, they paid billions of dollars for two wars that they did not pay for. so if something unexpected comes along, if they are willing to pay for it, if they want to spend money on it and cannot find a way to pay for it, they have always done it in the past. this is just another case of them doing hostage-taking, something that i personally resent. host: let's look at some other stories in the news. and now this headline. and looking at where the name comes from, the twist gets its name from a fed golden oldie, a 1960's dance craze in here's another story. why 30-year-olds should be required to have insurance. and then the counterpoin