over the last year, gm's cadillac leapfrogged from tenth place to third. its bread and butter chevrolet ranked ninth. gm is still battling a lag in public perception. >> high portion of consumers are reluctant to try domestics right now because of the perception that the products are not as good. >> reporter: now that the hugely successful cash for clunkers program is over, automakers anticipate sales will drop. >> there's concern that sales are really going to fall off as a result of the cash for clunkers program ending. >> reporter: for gm, now the new campaign holds a whiff u of desperatn. once it sold half the cars made, now barely one in five. in the words of its marketing chief, doing nothing is not an option. chris bury, abc news, chicago. >>> and up next, catch meps n.ca can. one man discoverers how hard it can. one man discoverers how hard it is to really disappear. orth carolina, yett, ...and i smoked for 29 years. the one thing about smoking - is it dominates your life, and it dominated mine. and the sad thing about it is that you can always use

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since last december, a total of 85 billion dollars was given to gm, chrsyler and auto suppliers... in the form of emergency loans... and to get them through the bankruptcy restructuring process. "although taxpayers may recover some portion of their investment in chrysler and gm, it is unlikely they will recover the entire amount." the new report says quote: "although taxpayers may recover some portion of their investment in chrysler and gm, it is unlikely they will recover the entire amount." it goes on to say.. that the treasury department estimates.. 23 billion dollars of the initial loans made will be subject to much lower recoveries. and about 5.4 billion in loans given to the old chrysler are highly *unlikely to be recovered. and tom.. the congressional oversight panel also had some harsh words for the treasury department in its report. the panel's report calls the us government a quote "tough negotiator" when it came to dealing with failing american car companies.... but at the same time it criticizes the treasury department for its lack of transparency on how it used the tar

with the talks broken down, the brand, once touted as the future of gm, is dead. here's chris bury. >> reporter: for more than 300 saturn dealers and 13,000 gm employees, this is the end of the road. for gm, saturn had become an unwanted, unprofitable step-child. >> general motors ignored saturn. they launched it strong. they brought it out and let the product age and become uncompetitive without putting more money into it when they needed to. >> reporter: saturn debuted 20 years ago. gm's long awaited answer to japanese imports. >> going to be a great feeling. >> reporter: saturn pioneered no haggle pricing. management and union boasted of a team approach. but sales peaked in 1994. it never made a profit. >> it looked good and well marketed, but it slid downhill. >> reporter: automotive tycoon roger penske, a potential savior, hoped to sell saturns, not make them. today, the deal collapsed when he couldn't find a manufacturer who would. so the car that once seemed the future of gm now joins the scrap heap of its past. chris bury, abc news, chicago. >>> bank of am

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now, we heard, of course, the gm and magna deal. we heard also the question mark rather than exclamation marks behind that deal. german imports are very critical. they're saying for now maybe this is a solution, but for how long and at what cost? so germany will keep the jobs while others in the european union are being lost. the kid me is all performing nicely. >> christine with, we've got lots of against here. christine lagarde said that this will be discussed did he end of the meeting this month. now talking about the markets, air france klm is driefrlg the session after a newspaper this morning reported that the airline is planning to lower its cargo capacity by approximately 50% and would increase prices by 20% to 30% as air france klm is trying to address the serious decline of the airline activity. the airline posted for august a decline of 60% and the decline is very sharp since the beginning of the year. >> the stock has traded to is i suspend its re-tuckering plan. during the six, six employees of france telecom committed

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this is a big deal for gm. if you buy a gm between next monday and the end of november, if you don't like it, you can take it back within 60 days of driving it off the lot. all your money back, gm says, no questions asked. obviously that's a marketing gimmick. what gm wants to do is drum up interest after "cash for clunkers" is over and they want to fight the opinion a lot of people think they wouldn't be satisfied with the gm. but we'll see. maybe that's something that could work. it seems like a risk for them, robin. a pree car for two months? >> when you drive off the lot the depreciation is huge. >> so gm is the one taking the risk. >> okay. thank you. >>> a community group, get this, at the center of voter registration controversy last year. it faces a new scandal this morning. a.c.o.r.n. has fired two employees caught on tape allegedly giving tax advice to a couple, posing as a pimp and a prostitute. on the tape an a.c.o.r.n. employee tells the alleged prostitute to list her occupation as a performist art

>>> how is gm coping in the postbankruptcy environment?hil lebeau sat down with gm vice chairman phil lutz to find out. >> it has been two weeks since general motors began the money-back promotion and wanted to check in to see if is this succeed to bringing people to look at gm vehicles in the show rooms? so far, the company says, hey, listen, we are pleased with the results much the money-back offer is increasing buyer consideration. this morning we talked to bob resultz, the vice chairman of general motors so confident in the success of this program, he believes fewer than 1% of those who take advantage of the program will bring their car back and ask for their money back. >> it is precisely in this undecided vote that we are up anywhere between 14 and 17% and had 1 million visits to the 60-day satisfaction website. what the dealers are reporting and so forth, exactly the effect we wanted. >> it moving the needle for the four primary brands left at general shelters or for cad dirk chevy and gmc, edmunds.com is reporting greater interest,

>> they're basically going away. >> gm will always service them. gm will take care of saturn customers and continue to service saturn vehicles for the future. they're not saying, hey, listen, after this date you're no longer getting service on your saturn vehicle. i'm not sure how many stand-alone saturn dealers there are. most of the ones i'm familiar with, they have other brands. maybe not on the same lot, maybe not at that actual property, but they have other brands that they can rely on as well. and that was the real key here. that's what saturn wanted, or penske wanted. they wanted those dealers within the penske automotive group. >> all right, phil, thanks so much for that update. we appreciate it. and if we can check on penske automotive shares in the after-hours session. we did see them spike higher initially on the news. we'll see where they are about half an hour after that news did break. there we go. they are in fact lower right now. is there a trade off of this? by not having saturn, does that put gm at a disadvantage and therefore for

gm and penske had been working on a deal since june. gm now says it will phase out saturn and its distribution network of 350 dealerships. we'll learn more about this tomorrow, as we talk with gm's global marketing director michael di-giovanni about the automaker's september sales numbers. it was a rough start for wall street today as investors focused on a weak private reading on employment and a survey showing a contraction of mid-west manufacturing activity. by 10:00 a.m. the dow had tumbled 130 points with the nasdaq off 28 points. cash-laden investors bought into the weakness lifting the dow to 13 point gain by 1:00 p.m. with the nasdaq up 11 points. energy and tech stocks led the comeback, helping the market close well above the day's lowest levels. >> susie: it's one of the biggest initial public offerings this year: late today casino operator wynn resorts raised more than a billion and a half dollars in an offering for its casino and resort in macau. the stock begins trading in hong kong on thursday. september has been busy for

at gm, but magma. >> but the sale of gm is not just about cars and jobs. it is about politics, too. with germany's general election two weeks away, angela merkel has given herself a major boost by brokering a deal she wanted. >> more of the main news -- the first images of the self- proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks have emerged on the internet. he has been held in guantanamo bay since 2006. he has admitted be responsible for the attack. it is reported that his family released this photograph, taken by the international committee of the red cross. at least 20 people have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in iraq. a lorry packed with explosives detonated in a kurdish village in the north, killing at least 19. another bomb exploded next to a police patrol in central baghdad, leaving one person dead and one in five. venezuela is to recognize the breakaway georgian regions of south ossetia and abkhazia. on a visit to russia, president chavez said his country will become the third to support their controversial independence declaration after russia and nicaragua. the afgha

the gm unit in europe did a similar deal last year. the dealer that we talked to said they would immediately put those on their used-car lot which does not have a lot of inventory, so they stay confident they will be able to move them one way or another. abc 7 news. >>> virginia officials are pressing for a november 9th this project execution dateor the mastermind of a 2002 sniper attack. the prosecutor has asked the judges said the day. he was sentenced to death for the murder of dean myers, one of 10 people shot to that -- shot to death. >>>new toll lanes to be headed to 66. there are revisiting a long-term study examining potential solutions for congested interstate. toll lanes are one option. lawmakers rejected a sales tax to pay for northern virginia transportation projects. since then, public-private partnerships ever funded those improvements. we do have funded these improvements. >>> there was an elevator outage at the washington monument. several people were stuck at the top of the monument during the outage. they escorted the

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all for one price for most gm vehicles. but it's only for a limited time. at participating gm dealers. >>> president obama's speech last night was more than 5,600 words long and took about 50 minutes to deliver. two words shouted during the speech by someone else and the apologies and comments that followed are being what's talked about today. >> you lie! >> totally disrespectful. for place for it in that setting or any other and he should apologize immediately. >> it was stunning to hear such a statement made on the floor of the house when the president of the united states is speaking. >> last night i heard from the leadership that they wanted me to contact the white house and say that my statements were inappropriate. i did. >> do you accept wilson's apology? >> doi do. we all make mistakes. he apologized quickly and without equivocation and i'm appreciative of that. >> it's the level of national discourse was the loser last night, there was one winner and it's congressman wilson's democratic opponent. miller raised more than $400,000 since wilson's rema

but now gm has unveiled a new marketing campaign that shows it means business. a money-back guarantee. more from nbc's mike taibi. >> reporter: it was a little busier than usual at roberts chevrolet in hicksville, new york. >> any reason? >> that's a good policy. >> reporter: partly because of gm's unprecedented sales strategy. >> i'm ed whitaker, the new chairman of general motors. >> reporter: the new government approved chairman is putting his name and gm's immediate future on the line. because the language that's become familiar in this financial crisis, doing nothing is not an option. this option, a sales pitch more akin to a late-night commercial for the latest exercise equipment. >> buy a new chevy, buick, gmc or cadillac. if you're not 100% happy, return it. we'll take it back. that's our new 60-day satisfaction guarantee. >> reporter: gm say humble giant still in critical condition. its sales this year down nearly 35%. 10 points worse than the entire u.s. new vehicle market. and its domestic market share shrinking to 19.5% from nearly 22% a year ago. th

this is a smart thing for gm to do.needed to break out of their place they got stuck in and challenge consumers. that's what they are doing. this is really the canary for american manufacturing. does it have a real future or not? the american company has got to be able to sell cars to americans. we cannot have toyota, which is a great car company, be the leading car company in the united states of america if we're going to continue to be competitive manufacturing power. >> wait a second, toyota is building plants right here, honda is being plants right here, you can consider those american cars, too, even though the companies aren't based here and profit go back overseas. >> absolutely right. they can have the kind of quality brand our companies need the quality brand in the marketplace. that's what gm is trying to do, come out and try us. talking about ford earlier. ford putting their plant in china, it's a risk but it's really smart, because the chinese, because of the kind of government they have, have said by he had

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starting next week, buy a gm vehicle.after 60 days, if you don't like it, send it back for a physical refund. good morning, david. >> good morning. >> i want to make sure i have this right. customers buy a gm car, you have 60 days to drive it, if you don't like it, you get a full refund? >> that's right. if you -- as long as you have it under 4,000 miles when you bring it back. they are trying to avoid certain fraud and that sort of thing. this is gms coming out party from their chapter 11. they have left a lot of consideration with consumers. a lot of people don't really understand what happened with the bankruptcy and wonder if gm is really still in business. this is a new emphasis away from general motors. the advertising we are going to see, and we are going to see a lot of it, it's that chevrolet and buick and cadillac and gmc. you are going to see very little about general motors. you'll see them in one new ad they have done with the new chairman ed whittaker, it's only going to run for a very short period of time.

at participating gm dealers. ter. >>> good morning everyone, we are looking at plenty of problems on' the area roadways this morning including the accident. there's an accident on the right shoulder and another at providence road. a back up on 83 northbound, a vehicle on the shoulder there. watch for an accident there. plenty of delays out there. there's a look at 32 and you are looking at a 25 minute delay on 95. this traffic report is brought to you by the maryland department of agriculture. eat local and take the challenge. back to you guys. >> thank you, mayty is in the first morning weather center. >>> thank you, we are seeing a ton of moisture raching through the metro. yep, that low offshore finally got its about together starting with the breezes yesterday. we are not done with the rain. um, mostly cloudy. the rain will slowly taper off throughout the day, but not end the day. 60 is the low. tomorrow, starting a five day run of great weather. sunshine and 76, don? >> thank you. >>> two acre workers are fired a

so, even gm says, you know, there's a monumental chasm between the public's perception of gm's vehicles so, new ads will compare the chevy equinox, say, against the honda crvs. the cadillacs will be put up against german luxury vehicles to show the individual brands. what they won't show is the fact that gm has a $50 billion bailout or the fact that the government holds a 60% stake in the company. but this is the new gm. and certainly wish them well. kyra? >> thanks, susan. >> you're welcome. >>> religious statues dunked in india's rivers, lakes, and oceans. is it toxic tradition or an idol threat? >>> and this just coming in to cnn. according to the associated press and we have actually been able to get more information and confirm it with our phil black who's going to be joining us from london in just a second. just to set the scene on september 11, apparently riot police have gathered outside a mosque. there appear to be some clashes that are taking place. phil black, from what i understand, between the muslims and the anti-islamic extremists, they're protesting outside this london m

gm sees e deal closing in november or dember. >>usie: here's a look at what's happening tomorro >> paul: recappingoday's market actn, stocks are higher for the 5th straightay. the dow gained 80 points and the nasdaq gned 23. to learn more about the sties in tonight'sroadcast, to watch r streaming video and to tak part iour daily blog, go to "nightly business rert" on pbs.org. you can also email us at nbr@pbs.org. >> susieand finally tonight, family businesses account fo roughly four of ery five americanompanies. so tonight, we bring you t latest installme of our signature seri "all in the fami, looking at the challeng of integrating work and family. diane eastabrook introduces to walter e smithea chicago area fniture chain building its family buness for nearly five dedes. ♪ ♪ >> walr e.mithe. you dream , we build it. >> reporter: in chico, the smithe brothers d their wacky tvds are as famous as the furniture stores that ar their grandfather's me. >> tim, rk get back to work. >> reporter: waltee. smithe rniture has been a chicago

but the program, is this going to work for gm?well, we don't know if it will work but they have got to try something because it's critical for general motors to start selling cars and bringing in revenue because they are not going to be successful if they just cut costs. they have got to work the revenue side of the equation as well. >> we'll get to the requirements to bring a car back if you decide to invest in this. buyers, can return the car, but the return must be made between 31 and 60 days after the purchase. you have to have driven it for a month, not more than two. after the return it has to show less than 4,000 miles on it, and the owner's got to be current on the payments so they had to have made the down payment, the first payment and the second one on time. what is your take on this promo overall? you think it is a clever marketing ploy or do you think it's a desperate move or both? >> it's probably both. it has a little bit of deja vu with lee iacocca saying if you find a better car, buy it. that worked to turn chrysl

as part of its no carrier restructuring, gm ring is ramping no c up production of ri more no carrierl-efficient vehicle, another reason for the ring no carri larger workforce in lordstown. the company also has a new no c plan to entice buyers. >> i no c like what i found. i think you will too. >> reporter: new ad campaign promoting a no carrier 60 day money back guarantee on new no cvehicles the president will keep ring pushing his economic message later when he addresses the ring no carrier afl-cio union in pittsburgh. at the con veenks he's also expected to mention the other big issue on hissed a jep ring no carrier no carrier > today, ring health care. hundreds of thousands of no cars were sold during the cash for ring no c clunkers program. and automakers are sure to be challenged no carrier in maintaining that spike in sales, ring michelle. >> all no carrier right, whitt johnson in washington. thanks. >>> a no carrier bipartisan group of senators ring may be no carrier on the verge of agreeing on on some sort of > health care overhaul bill. six members of the senate finance comm

opel employees would hold 10% leaving gm with a 35% stake. gm sees the deal closing in november or december. >> susie: here's a look at what's happening tomorrow: >> paul: recapping today's market action, stocks are higher for the 5th straight day. the dow gained 80 points. and the nasdaq gained 23. to learn more about the stories in tonight's broadcast, to watch our streaming video and to take part in our daily blog, go to "nightly business report" on pbs.org. you can also email us at nbr@pbs.org. >> susie: and finally tonight, family businesses account for roughly four of every five american companies. so tonight, we bring you the latest installment of our signature series "all in the family, looking at the challenges of integrating work and family. diane eastabrook introduces us to walter e smithe, a chicago area furniture chain building its family business for nearly five decades. ♪ ♪ >> walter e. smithe. you dream it, we build it. >> reporter: in chicago, the smithe brothers and their wacky tv ads are as famous as the furniture stores th

gm says saturn owners can go to gm dealerships for service once saturn dealerships are closed. >>> more potential confusion for parents over h1n1. which flu shot should students get first and why? >>> and baltimore city hall is in the pink. a symbol of our local fight for a cure. >>> yesterday, i gave you a two-degree guarantee of 67 degrees today. the high today officially at bwi marshall? got to, 66. which means we did hit that two-degree guarantee. we've now hit it six days in a row. do you live on bank street in baltimore? don, you scored an abc2 umbrella. we'll be right back. >>> the state health department is making new remitses for schools and the flu vaccine. urging officials to postpone the seasonal flu vaccine and administer the h1n1 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. delia goncalves is here to explain why. >> reporter: it can be confusing because information about h1n1 is constantly changing but here's the latest -- since h1n1 is the predominant strain of the flu virus some of your children will be getting that vaccine first since they are most at risk. harford county s

he was supposed to save gm struggling saturn brand. he was going to buy out the brand from gm. apparently, it's fallen through. phil le beau is with us with more on this. it was a bit of a surprise. >> reporter: a bit of a surprise since we expected them to finalize a purchase of stat urn. the deal fell apart late today. gm said they are going to wind down saturn brand, eliminate it all together. it will happen by the end of 2010. if you own a saturn, general motors will still take care of you. they started the brand in 1990. after 20 years, general motors decided it's the end of the road for saturn. >> phil le beau, thanks. >>> the ceo of the nation's largest bank is stepping down. ken lewis, ran bank of america since 2001. he's under fire. he will exit by the end of this year. no word, yet, on a successor. >>> there's evidence about the health care debate that makes some say the most incendiary things. republicans are calling for an apology from allen grace lan who summed up his view of the republican approach to health care. >> do you want the democratic plan or the republic

at participating gm dealers. >>> let me show you the back door.ly. so -- and i'm also going to show you the lock because the lock is about three feet from the floor. and we know that that's about as tall as haleigh stands. so here's the back door. and here's the lock. it sticks. so there you go. now we open the back door and here's the back screen door, the one that was propped open with the cinder block. okay? now if you see, when it closed, it slams. it makes a loud noise but if you leave this door, this slowly closes as well. >> we are taking your calls live. out to dr. joshua perper. we know that the home was the crime scene, at least of a kidnap. now why do you believe it may be difficult to find evidence of a perpetrator in the home? >> well, the reason is the victim was a small child. and it was not difficult to take her especially considering the fact that she had some kind of intellectual challenges because of her syndrome which she had. so certainly she would know the person who took her, there would be no problem. but even if the person

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you think the public will go ahead and buy into gm?think if there are people who were considering this will be a good deal. they will be interested in trying out a car. i think there are some people who are absolutely committed to import brands. and it won't push them over. there's also a lot of anger in the american public that general motors and chrysler took federal bailout money or did not though it is actually gaining market share because it didn't and we hear 40 from consumers all the time. it's going to be hard -- it's all about the emotion of the american consumer. >> all right. michelle, thanks so much. have a great sunday. >> you too. >>> in a moment a grim discovery in the search for a missing yale grad student. it's fidelity's guidance -- it shows you ways to spend in retirement that can help your money last, whatever your plans. like, if we wanted to travel? husband: or start a business? advisor: yep. wife: or take some classes? sure. or find the best cheeseburger? the line isn't for everything. whatever your destination,

he's worked on electric vehicles at gm since ed-1, gm's first attempt at an electric car back in the 1990s. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. you might call me the godfather of general motors evs. >> if you were the godfather, then tell me how big this is going to be? phil lebeau just said hybrids will be 4% of the global car market. what will electric vehicles be? >> maybe a better way to look at it is what is an electric vehicle? it's something that's not a hybrid. a hybrid still uses gasoline predominantly as you drive. electric vehicle uses grid power, electricity from the grid. the volt will give you 40 miles of commute every day with no miles per gallon, no petroleum. the whole idea behind the chevrolet volt was to get us off of our petroleum addiction here starting with ourselves in auto manufacturing. >> obviously this isn't your problem so i'm not saying it that way, but if people hook their car up or go in to charge it, it is fully electric, our grid is still reliant on oil. >> well, depends on, again, where you're getting the grid power. but really we

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at participating gm dealers. >>> a sad and somber day. i say sad day because tonight i've got to rescind the hero award i had just gwynn to somebody a week ago. a new ceo, a guy i praised at outspoken, refleshingly blunt. a guy that sticks up for his people and stands up to the politicians. -robert benmosche. but i now rescind, retract and renege on that hero assignment because news broke today that he's miffed he can't use aig's corporate jet for personal travel. i am a defender of wall street and i think way too much static has been raised over complaints about private jets at public companies. but if a company wants to give its ceo a perk like that for company and personal travel, go for it. but when a firm like aig fails at risk management, almost brings down the financial system and sucks up $180 billion in federal bailout cash and barely clings to life, then maybe you should sell the company jet altogether and buy business class and you most definitely don't get a private jet for personal purposes. . i cannot believe the aig chief h

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he was supposed to save gm struggling saturn brand. he was going to buy out the brand and its 350 dealerships from gm. apparently, it's fallen through. phil le beau is with us with more on this. phil, this was a surprise. >> reporter: a bit of a surprise since we expected them to finalize a purchase of saturn in a couple days. the deal fell apart late today. gm said they are going to wind down the saturn brand, eliminate the brand all together. it will happen by the end of 2010. if you own a saturn, it doesn't mean you won't be able to get it serviced, general motors will still take care of you. they started the brand in 1990. after 20 years, general motors decided it's the end of the road for saturn. >> phil le beau, thanks. late this afternoon cnbc broke the news the ceo of the nation's largest bank is stepping down. ken lewis, ran bank of america since 2001. he's under fire over the accusation of merrill lynch during the meltdown. he will exit by the end of this year. no word, yet, on a successor. >>> there's evidence about the heal

the gm lord's town plant there. i think that is what i just heard. okay.tates entering the hall at the plant there in lords town, ohio. we're just moments away from the president making comments. let's see here. do we have time to get to a little bit of additional business before the president starts? we're going try because we know the president will step to the podium and thank a number of people and then we'll get back to the speech. congressman joe wilson says he's done apologizing for shouting "you lie" during president obama's speech last week. but house democrats say he didn't apologize to his colleagues. and because of that he will face an official rebuke. congressional correspondent brianna keilar is on capitol hill for us this morning. good morning, brianna. >> reporter: house democratic leaders met last night. they decided to go ahead with this, what's called a vote on a resolution of disapproval for congressman joe wilson heckling president obama last wednesday night. this is really a slap on the wrist. a public rebuke of his behavior but repub

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at participating gm dealers. >>> we are awaiting mr. speech on health care reform to a joint session of congress. it could be make or break for the president's health care plan. now, let's switch gears slightly. we've got some breaking news on bernard madoff, crook that he is. there cease some interesting tapes, telephone tapes. he's trying to cover his tracks. let's call in scott cohn, our ace correspondent on this story. he's got the tape and the breaking news. what can you tell us? >> hi, larry, 2005 and the securities exchange commission is looking at his investors. madoff and the fund company get on the phone ahead of time to get their stories straight and the first words out of bernie madoff's mouth pretty well set the tone. listen. >> obviously, first of all, this conversation never took place, okay? . >> we obtained this from the massachusetts secretary of state's office which just settled a complaint against greenwich group, settling for $8 million. he tells them, whatever you do, don't tell the sec you have anything in writing

gm will shut down saturn unit after talks fell through.had been reported penske automotive group planned to buy saturn. apparently those talks fell through. the saturn brand will be no more. gm will shut down saturn unit after talks fell through. the deal called for penske to acquire vehicles from gm and branch out and sell products from renault. that is not the case. at least one report that says 350 dealers, about 13,000 american jobs. >> disappointing news, of course. it had been expected that gm would try to get rid of saturn in some fashion and thought they had a deal with penske. with that deal falling through they have to wind it down. >> to the other news we are watching. the fbi today says there was no imminent threat related to the afghan man arrested and charged with plotting an al qaeda terrorist attack. >> najibullah zazi pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say he was planning a backpack style bomb attack. they say two men were planning to blow up buildings in dallas, texas, and springfield, illinois. >>> confronting terrorism was

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he talked to workers at a gm assembly plants in ohio. he told workers that fuel efficiency standards announced today will increase the demand for cars like gm's cobalt. workers are being rehired. >> more than 1000 will be coming back to work and less than three weeks as production of the cobalt wraps up. >> he is pitching for the reelection of arlen specter. he is counting on union support to hold on to his seat. >>> here are more details on tonight's top story. ben bernanke says that the recession is probably over. the economy is not growing enough to prevent the unemployment rate from rising. the jobless rate is at a 26-year high. >> the president continued to push for his plan to overhaul health care saying that it is linked to the economy. they are expected to reach a compromise bill tomorrow. max baucus has been negotiating with democrats and republicans. >>> we're taking an in-depth look at the efforts to overhaul health care. there is a need for -- it airs tomorrow night at 8:00 here on abc 7. >>> the obama administration was to e

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