>> no, gm. exclusive, that financing through gmac, but had the ability to go elsewhere over the course of the next over years. they can offer programs, other leasing and retailing programs through other players. we do have a first right at it but they have the right to go elsewhere. >> so right now this is your business models that you had the exclusive right to sell in effect 0% financing on gm cars and get the difference from gm? >> it is a large part of our business. >> this is a large part of your business. is the same true of also dealership financing or something different about the arrangement? >> it's completely different. we would fund a dealership speed in the same way anyone else in the market would? >> for the most part, that's right that the only difference is they see us as an integral part of the relationship with a manufacture because we know them. we have known them for 90 years and they know we know that their systems work and were able to deliver to their needs and in the time

taxpayers now own gm and chrysler. secretary lahood said absolutely not. brian? >> kelly o'donnell in washington. thanks. one more word from the automotive world here tonight. the vehicle that came to fame after the fick iraq war the hummer is headed for the scrap heap of history tonight after gm's sale of the brand to a inese company fell through. just a couple of years ago hummer was one of gm's most profitable lines, but chinese regulators nixed the plan for the $150 million acquisition. >>> toyota executives weren't the only ones under fire on the hill today. the health insurance company wellpoint was in the hot seat over its recent decision to hike premiums for some policy holders by a lot. our story tonight from nbc's lisa myers. >> reporter: three californians, all relatively healthy, recently were notified their health insurance premiums are going up as much as 39% this year. >> there's reasonable and then there's outrageous. >> reporter: for jeremy arnold it's the second huge increase. >> my premiums are poised to rise to a level a whopping 74% higher th

i think the conflict will exist until the government divests of gm. but i think right now they're sort of heeding the advice of rahm emanuel who said never let a crisis go to waste. they're trying to score points for gm. >> peter brown, what's your take on this? >> they have no incentive to dump on toyota. i think what's happening is ray lahood has proved himself to be a crazy loose cannon. that is not appropriate behavior for the guy who's ahead of the transportation department. this is a very serious regulatory issue and he's been saying goofy things and wrong things and he quickly acknowledges a wrong. he's just doing a terrible job. but there's no government conspiracy to help general motors in this case. >> there are lots of other things. >> i love a good conspiracy theory, so i plead guilty to that. peter let me ask you finally one. as a long-time expert of the car industry, people who own toy as the, okay, people who own them today, what advice do you give them? i mean mr. lahood says get out of the car and run for your life. what advice do you

government owns gm, chrysler. gm and toyota are competing with each other to make a new factory in china. so the u.s. government is retaliating against toyota, that is my understanding. >> my you believe that the u.s. government is behind this? >> yes. >> not to crush toyota? yes, the hearing is about safety. >> safety, that is a mistake. all the management of toyota, now they have new management. toyota is a huge company like a country, controlled by bureaucrats. new management cannot control the bureaucrats well. so this has happened. >> you think there is a problem with the corporate culture of point? >> yes, it is too bureaucratic. >> my you feel that this hearing in congress, what is at stake is the union and nationalistic interest? >> exactly. mr. obama got the help from the labor union, and now his economic policy is very nationalistic. he tried to help the u.s. automotive companies in droit. so toyota is a good target. the next one is nissan and honda. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us

pepsi, gm all passing this year. >> gm doesn't want to be accused of spending money on the super bowl. >> reporter: then there's the tim tebow controversy. he will front a pro life ad for focus on the family. the unseen ad already sparked counterads on the internet. most viewers will tune in not nor a message but for a good laugh. >> get out of up to. if you have any chicken vacation saved up, use 'em. >> reporter: the cash will make advertisers the winners super bowl sunday. >> okay, punxsutawney polamalu got the biggest reaction in the studio. >> i think the e-trade baby, that's gonna be good. >>> wow, took our minds off the snow for a while. >> let's get it right back on. >> you know what's interesting? a decade ago, and i write more about this online later this morning, but ten years ago, we had a ten-day period of winter. it was january 20th, 25th and 30th. the 3078 was a super bowl sunday where we got hit with snow. so 0 it almost seems like a repeat of what happened. this one seems a little much more substantial. some of you may remember that one super bowl party that you had t

government owns gm, chrysler, and gm and toyota have competed with each other in china. >> there is a lot at stake? >> yes. >so the government retaliates against to iota. that is my understanding. >> you believe the u.s. government is moving to is movingto -- is moving to push back toyota? >> yes. now they have new management. the old management retired. they are controlled by bureaucrats. new management cannot control the bureaucrats well. so this happened. >> you think there is a problem with the corporate culture of toyota? >> writes. it is bureaucratic, the japanese way. >> yet you feel what is at stake is the interest of the union's? >> right. exactly. mr. obama got help from the labor unions, and now his economic policy is very nationalistic. he tried to help u.s. automobile companies in detroit. so toyota is a good target. next is honda and nissan. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us for the japanese view in washington. back to you in london. >> thank you to you both. a turkish court has formally charged and imprisoned at seven senior turkish military officer

toyota was populated by gm managers from the beginning. when you look at companies like the indian company that owns coffee, they left the 8:00 management in place. they hired people away from american contractors. so this has been an opportunity for these people rather than anything to be concerned about. >> chapter eight in the book has a very interesting title. it basically tells the story of when a foreign company is coming to the united states and thinking about opening a plant they will basically announce their intentions. a number of bidders, if you will, will show up for that. one of the particular stories he told was about mississippi. first of all, missing out on the first round when toyota decided to go to san antonio. in the second round when you looked at and pole a ball of the tax incentives and fled preparations and so forth it basically came out to $147,000 per job created. so do you have a sense that foreign companies really are, because of this competition between the states, are they able to extract most of the benefits

ford and gm sales accelerating in january.d driving 25% compared to last year, gm sales rising by double digits, but chrysler's dipping. >>> the massive recall from the gas pedal problems hurting toyota. the japanese auto sales diving 16%. >>> parent news corps, reporting a 30% jump. profit rising, both hitting estimates. cable with fox news channel reporting its best quarterly profit ever. i'm robert gray. >>> coming up a window washer rescued in baltimore how he got stuck 12 stories above the ground. >>> we are shoveling through baltimore county this morning. i'm megan gilliland. how long it's going to take you to get to your car straight ahead. >> reporter: i'm joel d smith, live in westminister where plow drivers tell us this is the >>> welcome back to fox 45 early edition. 5:29 is the time. you're waking up this morning to more winter

toyota was populated with gm managers from the beginning. when you look at tata motors, up from the beginning they left in the management and place. when coming if the american and operation they hired away from the american contractors. it is an opportunity rather than anything to be concerned about. >> host: there is a chapter that has a very interesting title, though for between the states. is says when a foreign company comes to the united states and things of opening a plant, they will announce intentions and a number of bidders will show up for that. there was one particular story you told about going to haley barbour in mississippi and missing out on the first round when toyota decided to go to san antonio but in the second round, when you call up the tax incentives and preparation fees it basically came out at $147,000 per job created. do you have a sense that foreign companies really are, because of the competition between the states are able to extract most of the benefits created or is there an equal division between what the comp

. >>> gm is looking in to complaints that the chevy cobalt.he problem is with the power steering t it is linked to 11 accidents thus far. gm's review of the 2005 to 2009 models. >> our storm alert focuses on school closings and delays. we start in maryland -- we can't get rid of one storm before we have to prepare mentally at least for another. >> i was talking to charlie out of catlett and he said we will build a snowman today and a family by sunday and put a hat on him on tuesday. >> the inlaws will come over. >> one of the chat rooms, said i have myself an igloo kits last week. and hey parentally he did not. he is a loafer of snow. some people are excited about this. >> you are one of them. >> i'm borderline now. i am border lean now. i generally love snow but this maybe getting much. we will shoot for records potentially. top ten snowiest winters and we will talk about that. >> we love records. >> we want to thank everyone who has been submitting storm reports to us at wusa9.com. you can still do that. we love to know how much snow you hav

. >>> if you like the military- style suvs called hummer, gm is shutting down the brand. they tried to sell the company to a chinese brand but it fell through. it is focusing on the other noabilities. >>> still to come, death at seaworld, a training killed petting a killer whale. >>> a wanted beauty queen. that woman sought for the south american model. >> take a look outside. marty will be back with the first warning weather forecast. complete coverage continues ,,,, >>> no signs of problems with the trainer that was killed by a whale yesterday. the whale pulled her into the water and drown her. she was rewarding the killer whale for doing well during the noon show before she was attacked. >>> the police officer who shot a chimp last year is set to testify before state lawmakers about it. last february the chimp blinded the owner's friend. >> a columbia beauty queen in a lot of trouble, wanted for running a drug operation. she may have run a drug trafficking operation to transport cocaine from south america to europe. she was coffee queen in 2000. >>> a start up company

gm says it is shutting down, but it will continue to honor existing warranties. >>> coming up, find out how one local school district plans to make up all those missed school days due to the snow, of course. we'll be back in less than 3 minutes. m÷ g÷g÷uññ it's a revolution in pain relief. [ male announcer ] icy hot medicated roll for wherever you hurt, icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. icy hot medicated roll. with the roll, pain's under control. >>> the arlington county school board approved a plan to make up for all those snow days. for starters, some school conferences and teacher's work days are being scrapped. if there's a lot more snow, students may be in the classroom while others are at the beach. audrey barnes joins us now live from garrett elementary school in arlington to explain. audrey. >> reporter: worse case scenario, spring break would be canceled if they can't make up those snow days in other ways. > schools that have early release wednesdays will give those up for march 3 through june 9. school conferences and a teacher work day in march will also be regular ins

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that goes whether it's toyota, whether it's gm, ford. i don't care who it is. an individual or a corporation. the interviewer then said, are you apologizing for toyota? so we've got that issue. now we have members of congress that may be a little aggressive in fulfilling their duties. you have letters going out that are saying it does sometimes appear, however, that the negative news is being encouraged by plaintiffs trial lawyers, union activists and those interested in cutting into toyota's marketshare. that's the environment. it's not healthy. it's not good. and all these reasons, which are totally wrong and ridiculous are being attributed to those individuals simply trying to do their jobs as members of congress. so i'm hoping this process will be fair. but in the meantime, there is a rush to judgment. this is the danger. not just to toyota but everybody that will be similarly situated some time in their lives, whether as an individual, a company or a corporation. months from now we may discover that it wasn't electronic and all of the action taken was time

gm says it's shut do you think the brand after a deal to sell to a chinese company fell lieu.atus symbol until high gas prices drove them out of fashion. >>> well, federal regulators have voted to impose controversial curbs on short sell which go is a practice in which investors bet against stocks. the move by the securities and exchange commission will help prevent downward price spirals that can increase market turmoil. under the new rule, a short selling circuit bringer is triggered when a stock falls 10% or more. >>> and finally, some of the e from the airlines in decade, japan and i wears will introduce women only bath rooms on its plaeps. they were responding to, quote, numerous requests for this service. and i'm afraid they're going to find -- these women will find ms are not always cleaner. >> yeah. and there will be a line all the way town the aisle, right? >> like at the movie heater. funny. >> emily smith, thanks. >>> here's one for you. a fight fan in chili learned the hard twi leave to the professionals. after a knockout in a boxing match, spectator stormed the ri

gm has a problem of its own 20 deal with. the government has confirmed it's opened an investigation into power steering systems into the chevy cobalt. they have a thousand complaints about power steering failing in 2005 to 2009 cobalts. the failure which makes the steering slow and heavy may be responsible for 11 accidents. >>> for more of my reports, go to our website abc2news.com so you don't waste your money, i'm john matarese. >>> could our area be on the verge of another major company? underarmor considers a west coast expansion. portland desperately wants to be in contention. however, portland officials were denied a meeting with underarmor executives making this story just a little juicier. portland is home to underarmor's largest competitor, that would be nike. >>> a bizarre tragedy inside a nevada casino today. this story a tops our look at other news from around the nation. two people playing slots in the casino were killed in morning when a car smashed through the entrance. it happened at the edge water casino on w

gm sales jumped 14 percent. meantime chrysler reports a small year over year gain. >> and toyota sales down 16 percent after last week's sales freeze. february's numbers are sure to suffer as well. but dealerships are gearing up to fix the cars, with pedal problems and plan on getting it done sooner rather than later. >> we are going to double our mechanical staff. >> technicians will receive training soon. and few days after that, we receive the kits to fix the problem. >> the recall affects eight popular models, camry and corolla, two of the most popular models. >> the snow is falling as we speak. and we're in for another round this weekend. >> here is chief meteorologist vytas reid with details about what is coming our way this weekend. june will sooner or later be here. >> i should have invested in a shovel making company and salt company before this winter. talking about skycam. inner harbour. snow is coming down. everything coated. at least four to 5 inches already on the ground. and continue to see for th

. >> reporter: 200 jobs were recently announce add the gm whitemarsh transmission plants where they will be building electric motors. >> the reason we're able to do this is because of the stimulus. >> reporter: the project doesn't come cheap with a price tag of more than $1 billion to create each job. >> it doesn't happen overnight, but it is happening. >> reporter: even with billions spent to save and create jobs, unemployment continues to rise. maryland faces a 7.1% unemployment raid. baltimore city averaged 10.4% in 2009. >> the goal of the stimulus package was to help main street not necessarily wall street. and as i say on a per dollar spent basis, it makes to markup the type of support it needed. >> reporter: of the $114 billion set aside for the shovel ready project in maryland, just way million dollars have been spent to complete only 14 projects. the state's goal of weatherizing 1300 homes has yet to heat up. data shows only 273 weatherization projects have been completed. >> people will conclude we did not get bang for our many bucks. >> reporter: meantime back on reisterstown

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ford and gm seemed to have taken advantage of that, double-digit gains for both u.s. automakers. chrysler still struggled, down 8% even with toyota mostly out of the game. first lady michelle obama invid a oup of cabinet members and congressional leaders to talk about r campaign of child obesity. later in an interview to air on "the today show" matt lauer talked to the first lady about that very topic and the overall effort to get health care reform passed. >> this is the right thing for the country. it's hard. it's scary. it's confusing. but i hope for our country's sake we can do it now and not wait until things get worse. i agree with the president when he said we don't have the option to do nothing. he's right. >> you can see much more of that tomorrow morning on "today." >>> when our broadcast continue hears on a tuesday night, why scientists are saying they could be a big step closer to unlocking the final mystery of sudden infant death syndrome. >>> and later, celebrating black lstory month. celebrating black celebrating black history month. like, if we wanted to travel? h

gm offering drivers up to $1,000 in lease payments if they end their toyota lease and turn to gm.o toyota owners. the dealers claim they'll give you the fair price of the trade-in plus $1,000, but what often happens is the fair price is lowered by the amount they're giving you, trading in any scar is tough, and it's very easy to be drawn into a cycle of negotiation. bottom line, don't get caught up in the hype, get as many numbers and estimates as can, if you're dedicated in selling this vehicle. don't make the process too confusing. just work on one thing at a time. eventually it will blow over, hopefully you'll get the repair done and get it done quickly. i know people are frustrated out there. >> this is what people tell me, when they bump in to me. maybe they have an older toyota, and maybe it's part of it or maybe it isn't. how do you sell given all the recall news? >> it makes things tricky, doesn't it? if you want to sell the older models not part of the recall, here's what you do. make sure you print out the display, the year, make and model of the cars being recalled. mak

the gm plant is saving 1400 jobs. in detroit, we are creating 943 jobs. at&t created 343 jobs. in clint, it is swedish biogas. in grand rapids, it is a hangar 42 tone studios. and holland, it is energetics. and allen park it is unity studios. in sterling heights, it is general dynamics. in detroit, we have the 113 economic development projects including the argonaut, the book cadillac, the oil refinery. [applause] >> and these, these are just some of the ones that we have helped with the economic tools that you have approved. there are hundreds of companies that we have brought here to help lay the foundation of that new state. we have asked representatives of some of these companies to join us this evening. these are some of the people that are transforming our state, creating jobs for our people. i want you to join me in thanking them for choosing michigan. [applause] . . >> before i conclude, want to say something else in my last state of the state. i want to say to my resilient team, to the smartest, toughest team in the nation, thank-you team in the nation, thank-you for f

gm is looking in to complaints with she cobalt. the problem is with the power steering.to 11 accidents so far. gm's review involves the 2005 and 2009 models. >>> our storm alert focuses on school closings and delays. we start in maryland. these schools are closed -- two hour delay in winnest cher city schools. federal workers, you are unscheduled leave this morning. get the list of closings and delays at wusa9.com. they are running right now at the bottom of the screen. >>> hopefully my wife has already shoveled the drive and the sidewalk and the neighbor's sidewalks because i had to be in early. i had to get to the hardware supplies. >> my wife takes care of me right now. >> i tell her bend the legs. >> this is heart attack type of shoveling. it is heavy, wet snow. 15 minutes and then take a break. 15 minutes take a break. you will get it done. don't have to get it done in one shot. a touch more snow right now. a couple of flurries and snow showers coming down. devon lucie is with me all morning and right now in the weather center checking out the radar. >> i will show

because the government essentially owns gm, they call it government motors and a portion of chrysler.want to believe that they don't. i sat and watched the hearings yesterday. on the other hand i see a list that shows toyota is 17 in recalls and mr. lahood was asked yesterday, what are we doing with companies 1-6 if toyota is number 17. megyn: what do you think the answer to that is? >> i don't know the answer to that. toyota will work with these committees and do everything they can to get to the bottom of this. there was a question that came out in the hearings yesterday that in the last 12 months the detroit 3 have had 141 recalls during a 12-month period. so i think the congressman that asked the question is what are we doing with toyota if our own three have had 141 in the last 12 months. so a lot more to come with this, megyn. megyn: you can see akio toyoda making his way up to the table where he will be taking questions. we expect this to be kind of painful because he's going to be taking questions through a translator. we are not sure whether we are going to show the whole thi

chis leer and gm went into bankruptcy and saturn and homer and oldsmobile disappeared. things have to change and people will send that message, in this particular special election as they did in massachusetts a couple week ago. >> i think you are gonna win. i just have one last question. >> thank you very much. >> they are going to remaker "hawaii 5-o." any ideas or suggestions? >> steve, you would make a great player. i don't know whother or not we hillary make "hawaii 5-o" but we will see. if i get elected to congress i will work on that. >> if i am a garrett you can be my dano. >> charles, best of luck. please come back. >> thank you, and greg if i could just mention, if anybody wants to follow-up on my campaign, look me up on the website, djou .com. and next time we'll do this on we kiki beach. >> i will do. it i will wear my thong. kidding. i will never do that to you. moving on. when we come back, it is mail time. >>> these two guys named lance and joe hanging out at the beach. maybe a bottle of lotion. you don't want to burn or chafe. later they killed each other

gm is taking steps to turn around from the bankruptcy they went through earlier.ively take advantage of the weakness on toyota. cut throat world out there. >> that's good question for the men and women that run those car companies. >> harry reed says he wants to bring it up on monday and is hoping for republican support if they structure this they can assure some republican support. will the president insist there be republican support? >> i think the president could not have been clearer in the state of the union, in the - in speaking to both democrats and republicans that we have to work together to get our economy moving again. i think that their ideas in helping small business and cutting their taxes, increasing our investment in infrastructure. several ideas that republicans have supported in various points in the past and have pointed to as ways to help the economy recover and hopefully, over the medium to long-term, create jobs. our strong hope is that democrats and republicans can and will work together to move this important issue forward to get something

. >> 200 jobs recently announced at the gm whitemarsh transmission plant where workers will build electric drive motors, thanks in part to tax dollars. >> well, the reason that we're able to do this, is because of the stimulus. >> but the project doesn't come cheap. with a price tag of 200ro $44 million. or more than $1 million, to create each job. >> it doesn't happen overnight. but it is happening. >> even with billons spent to save and create jobs, unemployment continues to rise. maryland faces a 7.1 percent unemployment rate. baltimore city averaged 10.4 percent. in 2009. >> the goal of the stimulus package was to help main street. not he necessarily wall street. as i say on a perdollar perspent basis, it did not get the support it needed. >> $413 million set-aside for shovel ready projects in the state of maryland, $28 million has been spent to complete only 14 projects. the state's goal of weather rising 3400 homes, has yet to heat up. data shows only 8 percent, or just 273 weatherization projects, have been completed. >> people will conclude we did not get enough bang for the buck.

gm announced it will shut the consumer brand down after a deal to sell it to a chinese firm fell apartpened? well, only 325 of the vast vehicles were sold in december. the hummer brand was hurt badly by the spike in gas prices in 2008 and by growing concerns about its carbon footprint. until recently, most models of the hummer were so heavy that

gm, gmac, chrysler, chrysler financial, and a.i.g.. if one of those exceptional assistance recipients has repaid all of what they owe the tax payer, they're automatically removed from my jurisdiction. as a result, bank of america and citigroup arnold subject to my 2010 compensation determinations. it is but statute, a very limited role. i am also responsible under the statute for those five companies for determining compensation structures for officials 26-100 in those five companies only. just those five. again, we did that in 2009. we are moving forward, doing the same for the five companies, 1- 25, 26-100 for 2010. the second point i want to emphasize -- under the statute there are some principles laid out that i am obliged by law to follow in determining my compensation decisions. when you read the statute, there they are. we shall make sure that compensation determinations maintain the competitiveness of these five companies. so that key employees will be maintained, the companies will thrive, and they will repay the taxpayer. ñrt

. >> gm doesn't want to be accused of spending money on the super bowl. >> then the tim tebow controversyon the family. the yet unseen ad has sparked ads by pro choice groups. they will tune in not for a message but for a good laugh. >> get out-of-town. any vacation save it. >> and it is what will make advertisers the winners. >>> they look good this year. >> they do. >> lack luster last year and that polamalu. that is funny. >> all right. we have food. and we will go to the kitchen. we are getting hungry. and so our next studio next door. they are cooking up a storm and with a french twist. [ male announcer ] mark your calendar. the "verizon fios days to save event" is here. a limited time opportunity to save $20 a month, when you sign up for fios tv, internet and phone for the great low price of $89.99 a month for one year with a two-year agreement. with 100% true fiber optics, you'll get an amazing hd picture, blazing fast internet, plus, crystal-clear phone. all for just $89.99 a month for one year. discover a whole new entertainment experience that goes beyond cable thousands of your

we want -- i mean we're happy -- you know, i have a gm assembly plant in my district.th general motors. i have a toyota subassembly vendor plant in my district that makes component parts for toyota. so i'm not on any -- i want the truth. and i want whether my constituency wants to buy a gm product or a toyota product or any other product in the automotive sector to feel those products are safe -- period. and i have confidence in your engineering department. you can solve it if your legal department will let you solve it. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. dingle waived the opening statement and waived questioning the last witness. i'll give him leeway with this potential. >> i thank you for your courtesy. mr. lentz, please tell me the date that toyota first heard of incidents of sudden acceleration in its vehicles sold in the u.s. >> i don't know the answer to that. >> please submit that to the record. now, mr. lentz, please tell me the date on which toyota commenced the first recall to address this problem in the united states. >> if i don't know the answer to the first

. >> reporter: this year, you won't see ads from car makers, gm and ford, but you will see ads from chrysler and hyundai. >> we don't know what things will be like 10 years from now. but we can assure you that your hyundai will still be covered. >> reporter: the super bowl's advertisers get massive complo exposure, with 100 million viewers glued to their tv. >> it's the one time of year, where people actually want to watch advertising and aren't trying to run away from it. >> reporter: that can mean big business from advertisers like homeaway.com. launching a year-long campaign, with chevy chase lampooning his own vacation. >> we have you in the napoleon suite. >> it's really look a coming out feature for them. -- coming-out party for them. >> and that's what advertisers are counting on. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> and remember, you can watch super bowl 44, this sunday, only on wjz. coverage gets under way at 6:00 p.m. >> the saints take on those other guys. >>> here's a electric at tonight's -- look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. when it come

we have to be careful, i was told the gm got to coach fired. he is a great coach no matter who he plugs in they're successful. but when it comes down to picking talent, he did not a good job. he asked bruce allen he is the salary cap guy. if he can challenge him. i have to say that these guys have not been successful individually k they bring it together and be super successful? >> it is going to be the person now acquisition part of this that will make it work. >> jimmy johnson was a great personnel evaluator, he went to miami a disaster. orreceive ert went to carolina. 1 in 15 we never heard from him again. that's based on history. >> and tom flores didn't maic a playoff. >> joe gibs who won with the guys not named john elwayment he with went to two but they were not nearly what they were year after year. >> tough build the staff. he said over and over no one does it alone in football. hes that bailed staff to get them better. our learning curve for the players had retarded. there are others who exkelled -- excelled: they have to practice. >>

. >> reporter: this year you won't see ads from car manufacturers, gm and ford but you will see ads from chrysler and ads like this one from hyundai. >> should probably retire after this. >> i don't know. maybe. >> we don't know what things will be like ten years from now, but we can assure you that your hyundai will still be covered. >> reporter: the super bowl's advertisers get massive exposure with an estimated 100 million people glued to their t vs. >> it's the one time a year where people actually want to watch advertising and are not trying to run away from it. >> reporter: that can mean big business for new advertisers, launching a year long ad campaign with chevy chase lampooning his own vacation. >> we have you in the napoleon sweet. >> they're introducing themselves to, you know, the huge audience that the super bowl offers. >> this is going to be great! >> reporter: that's what advertisers are counting on derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >>> and you can of course catch all those commercials as well as the game this sunday right here, our live coverage kicks off at 6:00 p.m

gm sales were also up 14%. and nissan rose 16%.both saw single digit drops in sales. toyota now down 16% in part because of the gas pedal problem that forced it to halt sales of some of the most popular models. >>> aig about to hand out another $100 million if bonuses. the "washington post" says employees in the financial products division who agreed to a 1to 0% cut will get their checks today one month ahead of schedule. that is the same branch the insurance giant that came close to destroying aig. the company saws the bonuses are required contractually. >>> one thing that is going up after the recession is the number of women in the work force. they are exerting more influence on the workplaces and their wallets. melanie alnwick explains. >> reporter: they're culling it the sheconomy. more women are taking charge of the family financial health and they are working to make the most of their new found power. we've come a long way from the rare woman who worked outside the home. today, women are on the verge of outnumbering men in t

that goes whether it's toyota, whether it's gm, ford. i don't care who it is.an individual or a corporation. the interviewer then said, are you apologizing for toyota? so we've got that issue. now we have members of congress that may be a little aggressive in fulfilling their duties. you have letters going out that are saying it does sometimes appear, however, that the negative news is being encouraged by plaintiffs trial lawyers, union activists and those interested in cutting into toyota's marketshare. that's the environment. it's not healthy. it's not good. and all these reasons, which are totally wrong and ridiculous are being attributed to those individuals simply trying to do their jobs as members of congress. so i'm hoping this process will be fair. but in the meantime, there is a rush to judgment. this is the danger. not just to toyota but everybody that will be similarly situated some time in their lives, whether as an individual, a company or a corporation. months from now we may discover that it wasn't electronic and all of the action taken was timel

celebrate the moment >>> it's good for gm and ford. any thoughts on that? for toyota is bad for anybody driving a toyota. >> also pretty good for ford, i'll be honest with you. it's very good for ford. in today's breaking it down, going from bad to worse for toyota. today, u.s. regulators launch an official investigation into possible braking problems now with toyota's flagship car, their hybrid prius. the japanese news agency reporting that the problem is going to force a recall. so far, mum's the word on whether that's actually going to happen out of toyota. u.s. regulators receiving 124 complaints about drivers with braking problems? what's worse, gas pedals sticking or brake problems. that's a tough one. all of this on top of the earlier recall, the 4.5 million vehicles worldwide for the faulty gas pedals, and the company's bottom line, since the news broke, one-fifth of the value of that company. 30 some odd billion dollars wiped out. even before the prius troubles, toyota said the recall was going to cost it more than $2 billion. that includes more th

most of that had come from gm. over the past month, month and a half it's been coming from toyota. one thing it's important to make clear, consumer reports as long ago as 2007 started raising flags about toyota reliability and said at that point we can't just automatically recommend toyota the way we used to. >> frank, that's an important point because there's a lot of people saying they have been raising concerns for sometime. good to see you, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> first ever tea party convention about to kick off amid controversy over who is attending, who is not, sarah palin will be there. i'll be joined by one of the most outspoken members of the tea party. up next. >>> breaking up is hard to do, two american zoos are learning that lesson as they say good-bye to two of their most famous and beloved residents today. good-bye, pandas. ♪ somewhere in america... the slightest breeze harbors immense power. the tallest buildings leave the lightest footprints. a fifty-ton train makes barely a mark on the environment. and a country facing climate change finds climate sol

gm up 14%. nissan up 16% p chrysler and honda saw single digit drops.ota is down 16% after it was forced to halt sales of the most popular models. aig apparently ready to hand out $100 million in bonuses. the washington post says employees in the financial products division who agreed to a 10 to 20% cut will get their checks tomorrow a month ahead of schedule. that's the same branch of the insurance giant that came close to destroying aig. the company says the bonuses are contractually required. >>> one thing going up after the recession, the number of women in the workforce and they're exerting more influence on their workplace. melanie alnwick explains. >> reporter: they're calling it the cheeconomy. more women are taking charge of their financial health and working to make the most of their new found power. we've come a long way from the rare woman who worked outside the home. today women are on the verge of out numbering men in the workforce. >> with a lot of people that are being laid off women are going back into working, or they're being the enti

. >> gm and ford up big. toyota down big. is this related to that? absolutely. >> you stop selling the top eight models the last week of the month and that certainly weighed on sales from toyota, but this controversy clearly has had some kind of an impact and that started toward the beginning of the month. melissa? >> the story gets bigger and bigger. thanks so much. stocks are lower pressured from the likes of pfizer and health care and financials are among the losers on the flipside. ahead of the unemployment report coming up better than expected. take a look at how the s&p 500 is trading so far this morning. it is down about five points and you can see as well off the lows of the session and it's down a half a percentage point the dow is trading by a quarter of a percentage point and the nasdaq also traded to the down side by a third of a percentage point and almost 7 points. >> trish, what's happening on the floor? >> we're seeing the down side despite the positive economic news. the i, is m number coming in above 50. anything above 50 is signali

gm up 14. chrysler was not good, down 7%. imagine being down from a year ago this time.leet sales made up the majority othe sales so they would rather see it go to individual buyers but still, to be up is better than being down. they are heading in the right direction especially ford. toyota says she lost 20,000 cars and struck sales because of this recall and the suspension of sales over the last week. 20,000, that is a lot. they actually dropped 1% year offer year, toyota did. >> thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. >>> we want to go back to the weather. the snow started about rush hour last night. just let up a little while ago. sarah is in the middle of all of it in bethesda. >> it has left behind a wintry wonder land. it looks pretty out here but it does for the look pretty on the roadways. coming up, an update on the road conditions in your area when fox 5 morning news returns. stay with us. y it.ur: word's t geico customers could save even more on their car insurance by signing up for other things - like homeowner's or renter's insurance. nice work, everyone. exec:

january sales, gm up 14%. ford, up 25%. good thing. i think so. he got the schip done and gave millions of dollars for kids to get health care in this country and taxed the smokers. not good to smoke anyway. all that in the first year in office? there's more there, too. i think his team should be out crowing about that daily. you know the righties would. today president obama did a town hall in nashua, new hampshire where he talked up his plan about giving $30 billion in repaid t.a.r.p. money to small businesses so they can create jobs. it's a great idea but the president was still very sober when it came to the economy. >> lord knows it wasn't popular to prevent our financial system from collapsing. we had throw a lifeline to some of the very firms that had helped cause this crisis in the first place. but it was the right thing to do, because if we hadn't taken those steps the entire system could have gone down and taken our economy, and millions of families and businesses, with it. we're making progress. but it can't come fast enough. >> is it a

i mean, isn't this the moment -- i mean, you look at ford sales in january, up 25%, gm sales in january up 14%. now is the time. and it would seem to me that for the american worker, for the american economy, this -- it would seem to me that everybody would be standing on top of the highest hill they can find and say, see that? buy american, american workers, and just capitalize on this. i guess -- >> you are right, ed. you are right, ed. there is no question. we have talked about this on this program and you have said it you have said it many, many times that the best way to get the american economy going is to have folks buy american-made cars, american workers, american steel and glass. and if there was any perception in the past that american cars may not have had the same quality as some of our foreign competition, i think that's been laid to rest. we have great cars, american-made cars. people need to be going into those showrooms. they are going to get a first-class, quality car and they are going to be helping the american economy, american workers and american businesses all at

[applause] gm's ceo would provide an that information by june of this year.with the recovery. we had to do that as an emergency measure. i just want to point this out. i have my pollsters. we knew this was not going to be popular. but we did it because it was the right thing to do. it is also why we pass the recovery act. a lot of people think that the stimulus package and the recovery act, you would think that it is about giving banks money. that has nothing to do with the banks. the other week, i saw a poll that said that americans did not like the recovery act, but just the individual parts of the recovery act. when you ask folks what was in the recovery act, it would be unemployment relief. that is what it was. 95 percent of you, you may not have noticed, up 95 percent of you got a tax cut because of harry reid and because of harry reid and recovery act. 1 million people one million people in the state of nevada. we expanded unemployment insurance at a time had it was absolutely vital for people as they were trying to stay afloat. more than -- more than a

another brand under the gm going down, and this time it's the hummer.t. >>> 21 minutes after the hour. christine romans here minding your business here. we are talking about the death of a couple things. conspicuous consubpoemptioconsu. >> what is more conspicuous than the hummer. rest in peace, hummer. they were trying to negotiate a deal with hummer, so hummer will close. this is a brand that peverybody thought it was great to be a conspicuous consumer. and they are based on a military vehicle were sold, and 9,000 last year, down 67% from the year before. the hummer is going bye bye. >> it was gas prices that killed it, right? when gas prices got up $4 a gall gallon, who wanted to buy one of these. >> and you can expect home prices to fall further. the economists there expect a 6% further price decline in the average home price by september of 2011. that's after 27% in the past three years. miami, if you are waking up in miami, i am sorry to give you the bad news. and it's -- some of these places they are expecting the free fall to continue and bottom

gm's paying off their loans by june. gm's going to have the chevy volt online by the fall. have a partnership with the federal government for the first time. every other country is investing in manufacturing, and for eight years we didn't and we lost almost 6 million manufacturing jobs. now we have president obama who gets it, and we're beginning turn it around. >> and ford sales up 24% year over year. jonathan capeheart of "the washington post" is with us. >> hi, senator. i want to switch to health care. >> sure. >> do you think the health care reform legislation should be put on the back burner and the president should pursue jobs, jobs, jobs. >> i have seen health care and jobs as one of the same. we are losing jobs to countries that have lower health care costs. small businesses layoff people to pay higher premiums. nothing has changed. costs are still going up. we have people losing their homes. 5,000 people a day losing their homes because of a medical bankruptcy. so from my perspective, we have to focus on jobs. for me, it's always about jobs. jobs includes tackling

they didn't fix it while gm and ford saw their sales rise.federal safety officials that it was dealing with a very serious problem. brian todd is working this story for us. brian, update our viewers. some dramatic development today. >> there is, wolf, some dramatic development, especially tonight. new information in a letter to toyota's president. two members said they gave conflicting information to congress about these recalls. t bart supak sent the letter to toyota's president. with their staff, they indicated that, quote, sticking accelerator pedals are unliking to be responsible for the sensational stories of drivers losing control. but james said, the problem of uncontrollable acceleration did come down to two separate recalls, one for floormats and one for sticking gas pedals. they pointed out there were unpublished incidents where it was not caused by floormats. they want toyota to qualify the information. toyota just responded to our inquiry about the congressman's letter. it reads, quote, we received and are reviewing the letter. we

japanese media, raising questions that because of the fact the mud -- government owns the majority of gmmaybe regulators being tougher on toyota. there is no evidence of that. this is a significant safety issue, and if it were ford and gm the national highway safety administration said they would treated the same way. host: the independent line. caller: i would like to know, did the toyota motor co., when they close the plant last week, did they offer of unemployment to their workers? also, why is toyota being looked at as such a great car company when people can't even drive their cars? i will take your answer offline. guest: in fact, all of the workers stayed on the payroll. they got retraining or were allowed to take vacation if they wanted to. they did restart production today. i think the reason why the company had such a great reputation is because the fleet is very few in addition, of the toyota prius is really the halo be a call for them, best selling vehicle for toyota in japan and they established the reputation for very good quality and obviously really in the last few years t

ozzie has a twitter page and his gm, not pleased. he's been tweeting in spanish.t's been 15 days since i have had a drink. >> peta is lampooning tiger woods. wait until you see the billboard. >> oh. what's it got to do with tiger woods. >> exactly. >> peta. i'm just asking. who doesn't need to get out of bed on time, right? you can sign up for a free wake up call from me. dial 888-robin-hln. it's going to be me on the phone waking you up monday through friday. you can leave a message for us as well. we might play it on the air. >>> "american idol." a man remindsed the judges of a piece of frud? >>> if you live in the northeast, get ready for more heavy snow and strong winds. another storm is headed there on top of yesterday's storm. 150,00 people lost power yesterday. oh, what's going to happen today? bob is going to be here in a few minutes. he's our meteorologist. you know him and love him. >>> the senate passed a one-year extension of the patriot act. senate democrats backed off from privacy protections. they didn't have republican support. the bill now goes to