. >>> gm may have an incentive that's hard to resist. free insurance for a year, would that get you to buy a gm? >>> and the hacking investigation in england continues to grow. now, former employees are arrested by police. >>> we have a winning toilet paper wedding dress, coming up. >>> tobacco is going up in prices. it follows the price increase from the tobacco company that hiked the menthols up to 11 cents a pack. >>> if you buy a gm, you can get a year's worth of car insurance free. maryland isn't one of the states where it's happening. it's in oregon and washington. after the year is up, gm owners can renew the policy or go elsewhere. they hope the move will help them boost sells. >>> the phone tapping in england shutdown the paper. the investigation is getting bigger and dragging down those in politics. you wouldn't believe it unless you saw it. it's an elephant with an artificial leg. unbelievable. >>> we have a line of storms moving out of baltimore and pushing into annapolis and the eastern shore. we're talk about the current se

gm fixed the problem three years ago and didn't correct the same problem in hundreds of thousands of others. >>> well, from a cop to a jailed inmate, what a florida officer of the year was caught with. now, he could be facing life behind bars. >>> and the popular social networking site twitter has gone public. how much is it worth? we'll find out. thank you, a scandal involving a british tabloid involving phone hacking. >>> and calling all moguls. we'll take you inside the magical world of "harry potter." >>> new tonight, the london tabloid is accused of sinking to new lows. >>> just how low would they go? that's the question being asked about the scandal at the racy tabloid news of the world. they've admitted hacking the phones of celebrities, but hacking the have of a missing 13-year-old in 2002. they gave the police false hopes that the girl was still alive. when london was hit by terrorists in 2005, the paper hacked phones. >> it's a violation. i don't know what i think about it other than i'm angry. >> reporter: the payer is a flag -- the paper is a flagship of a mogul of the ma

you buy any new gm vehicle by september 6th, the company will pay for your insurance for a whole year. just one catch. please make sure you live in washington, d.c. state or oregon. gm says the program pooss -- if the program does boost sales in those two sales, this might expand into other states. lu jo kong. how is the money looking on your side of the planet? >> it's been a mixed day in the stock markets here. we have seen some moderate gains in the asia pacific region, but the nikkei ended that rally edging down from its four month high. it has been a positive start to the day's trade in europe. your side of the world, the dow, nasdaq, s&p are higher in pre-market trading right now. >> the scandal that is erupting at one of rupert murdock's papers, news of the world, a fairly old story, and it's starting to affect the stock price of the company. bring us up to speed for our american viewers who don't know what the story. >> it's a pretty gripping story. british t is bei investigated for allegedly hacking into the phones of a missing teenage girl who was later found dead and famili

the first contract talks in four years, and the first since gm and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy. >>> housing highlights this week, economic data with june housing starts tuesday, and existing home sales on wednesday. >>> and finally, lady gaga is no longer the queen of facebook. rihanna is now the social network's top-ranking female celebrity with just above 40,800,000 likes. well, america's women fight ravely, but go down in flames in the world cup final against japan. for one brief and shining moment, it seemed like it was all theirs. the early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and well-advertised historic heat wave is under way as it spreads during this week. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, after a handful of heart-stopping comebacks, the u.s. women's soccer team ran out of luck yesterday, just ahead of the world cup finish line. here's nbc's bill seward with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, everybody. it was a heartbreaking loss in germ

thank you for gm performance technology and ro-7 engines.dyear tires that bring performance and power to the track. lord, i want to thank you for my smoking hot wife, lisa. lord, i pray that the drivers put on a performance worthy of great crowd. in jesus' name, amen. >> that was epic. want to thank the lord for sonoco racing fuel. the pastor channeling will ferrell's ricky bobby from "talledega nights." >> dear baby jesus, we want to thank you for this bountiful of dominos, kfc and always delicious taco bell. >>> coming up on "morning joe," we're trying to keep the debt plans straight here. the guy running the camera has one, too. but where will it land when it's said and done? we'll discuss that. >>> when we come back here, we'll huddle around the watercooler. you might have seen me in the bravo clubhouse, hanging with members from new jersey. 2 [ man ] this is my robot butler. say i'm missing england. i type in e-n-g... and he gives me a variety of options. would you like to have a look at a map, my lad? ah, why not? shall we check on the

gm says if the program is successful they might expand it. washington and maryland were selected because of weak sales in those states. >>> monster trucks will be flying through the air saturday night at mnt stadium. travis pastrana brought his mean machine to the stadium's parking lot today. meanwhile workers were inside laying down four tons of dirt for the monster truck jam. the show is usually held indoors but now the drivers get to kick dirt all over the stadium. >>> speaking of insurance, you got to wonder -- >> yeah. that's lloyds of london, that's high risk. >> inner harbor had about an inch and a half of rain. some people are picking up 3- inches this evening alone. right now we had two cells. they just re issued the flash flood warnings across northern sections of baltimore city. these two cells continue to move to the north generally at about 15 miles per hour. so, if you're heading up 83 or 795 toward owins mill look out for some heavy heavy rain over the next 30 to 40 minutes as that continues to move in that general north to nor

on the site of that old gm plant there's a new movie lot. and a new film production.s weekend, there won't be any fourth of july fireworks, but pontiac's all-american spirit isn't broken. >> do you think thinks will get better? that it's going to get easier? >> yes. because what is the alternative for me to fail, and that's not going to happen. so i have a 13-year-old, and there's no way. as hard as she works, i can't stop. >> reporter: for "this week" i'm jim sciutto, abc news, pontiac, michigan. >> more of our special edition when we come back. stay with us. tion when we come back. stay with us. called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of b

we asked if gm plans to issue a recall and the answer was no.rning america," elisabeth leamy, abc news, washington. >> for more trunk safety tips go to our website, abcnews.com. >>> meanwhile, the showdown over raising the national debt ceiling has dragged into yet another day. president obama and congressional leadership will huddle at the white house again after monday's meeting showed no progress. the president made it clear that a short-term extension is out of the question and republicans are still not budging on their opposition to tax hikes. >>> now here's our diane sawyer with a preview of "made in america" segment. diane? >> josh, good morning to you. our "made in america" team is at it creating more jobs on u.s. soil. that is our goal. and tonight we show you how a lot of people are taking the challenge. what's the one thing you know entirely made in america that everybody will want to buy? tell them about it. take the challenge tonight on "world news." >> thank you, diane. >>> and finally, a free show for commuters here in new york. a

can't pay its debts, as if it were gm is, you know -- gm looks good now, too, but it's after it shedlions and billions of liabilities. >> i agree with sam. america is paying its debts right now, governor. >> of course it is. >> but doing from the least politically represented people. it's paying its debts by taking away the smallest amount of assistance for its poorest people. it's paying its debts by seeking to restructure things like medicare and social security. it's paying its debts through the 20% unemployment created in the housing -- in the employment markets after bailing out the banks and refusing to restructure the housing debt. we are restructuring our debt but doing it on the weakest and least politically -- >> we're spending ourselves into oblivion and have just seen the growth of entitlements like obama care, massive increase in spending, unsustainable. dylan, you've been paying a lot of attention to president obama because you create add brilliant straw mat, millions of people dying on it's streets. restructuring. >> no. i did that for your benefit. listen, i put on a

coverage, no generic drugs, all brand new, brand names, that wound up being a $7 billion annual check that gm had to write. that was one of the things that brought the industry to its knees. i do not blame the unions. i kind of blame the way management with the unions to a large extent. >> y blame management. tavis: as i suggested earlier. i'm ok with this. you come after the media pretty hard. there is the role that the media played in the auto industry crisis. >> what i always say to media people is i love you individually, collectively i think you did the american automobile industry a great disservice because for the last 20 or 30 years, it became to, detroit to adjust th did bad stuff. one journalist said you were right. the mantra was detroit sucks because it just does. that was the attitude and the imports were being praised. being praised for being smarter and better. their executives were modest and they did not get as much paid. all this, especially the japanese. toyota was placed on the marble pedestal as the best, wisest, most altruistic car company in the world. most of that was

the offer gm is giving to draw in new customers. we'll be right back. >>> closed captioning of eyewitness news is brought to you by shreve & co. jewelers, a san francisco original. ,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace clothes that are too small or worn out. i grew three inches last year. i don't need anything fancy. i never had much to begin with. when i look nice on the outside-- i feel better on the inside. [ announcer ] to help, sleep train is collecting new clothes... for kids big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train... and help make a foster child's day... a little brighter. not everyone can be a foster parent-- but anyone can help a foster child. >>> good morning. if your commute goes through sunnyvale major problems developing. a jackknifed big rig blocking three lanes of southbound 101 approaching the lawrence expressway. we have a photographer heading to the scene right now. we'll have more on your backups and detours coming up in just a few minutes.

gm has five chevys in the movie. ferrari paid for product placement.to you. >> they need a transformer van. that would be really cool. minivan. thanks. i can't picture her driving one. 5:13. san juan has its swallows and officially chickens. the city is trying to change that. hundreds of chickens are roaming free. the increasing population is causing headaches. seems like unwanted chickens, the big roosters, are dumped in the town. the council has asked trappers to remove the birds for homeowners who don't want them on their property. san juwaujuan has a law but mos don't bother following it. 5:14. let's check the forecast with christina loren. >> good morning. we're looking pretty good. nothing to be chicken about except if you're afraid of the hot weather inland. 100 degrees we're forecasting or close to it in most east bay cities and the tri-valley area. livermore, concord, 99 degrees. taking a live look outside. here is a look at the bay bridge, traffic moving along nicely. we have a little bit of cloud cover that will move in as we head throughout

now being considered to replace dorothy dugger, forced out as bart's gm. >>> other headlines making news around the bay area, a bay area man is under arrest for making threats to senator barbara boxer. police say kevin o'connell of san rafael called the senator's work voice mail and left death threats during the week of july 10. o'connell is charged with making criminal threats and is expected to face a judge tomorrow. >>> state lawmakers are now looking into why shuttle buses are exempt from laws that require seatbelts. this comes after last week's deadly accident involving a uc san francisco shuttle bus that killed kevin mack, a psychiatrist and associate professor at the school. >>> this week, washington gets back to the business of trying to settle the debt debate. lawmakers are looking for a pair of plans each designed to get the debt limit raised in time. and as daniel notingham reports, neither one has broad support. >> reporter: the august 2 deadline to raise the debt limit is looming. but lawmakers are still at odds over how to get the job done. and americans are not happy with

now he is being considered to replace dorothy dugger, who was forced out as the bart's gm. >>> time for a check of traffic and weather. kristy, we have to get up and get out. will the sun help us? >> yes. we'll see sunshine later on this afternoon but we are going to see a slight chance of some sprinkles to the north of us. you see the system pushing through so north bay slight chance 20% by this afternoon but you can see the rest of the bay area in the clear right now. we'll see plenty of sunshine especially in the south bay locations today. outside now temperatures in the 50s. 56 in san francisco, 57 for vallejo and concord. and sitting at 53 in livermore right now. breaking into the 80s by this afternoon. so good news of those of you who like warm weather. 80 for concord, fairfield and livermore, 69 oakland and 63 in pacifica today. extended forecast showing we have a gradual warmup into wednesday, finally breaking into the 90s at that point. gradual cooling for a couple of days and we bounce back up in time for your weekend. so seasonal weather back in the picture. gianna has the tr

caps gm george mcphee weighs in on their moves. >> it's a hard pros to go through. we have -- process to go through. all the holes are filled and i think we have a good strong team. >>> men's semifinals at wimbledon and rafael does it again. nadal looked pretty good on grass known as a clay court specialist. he will face novak djokovic sunday. nadal has won 20 straight at the all england club. >>> congressional was a little busy with the u.s. open, k.j. choi won the national when it was in d.c. he leads it again tying a tournament record with a 6-under 64 today. choi is the leader by two strokes over four players. >>> negotiations in the nfl will continue on tuesday. we'll be right back. from

prior to the game, he was told by nats gm mike rizzo that he'll spend the remainder of the season in double a. no stress about when he'll get called up. it's not happening. and he's fine with that. >> it's awesome. i'm excited about that. i don't need to do anything else. i'm real comfortable down here and i feel good around the guys that i'm with and i really need to learn some stuff in left field and the outfield so i'm excited to see what happens and ready to get going. >> to recap, he's excited. >>> the birds still down in arlington taking on the rangers. matt leaders making his first all-star appearance. eighth home run of the season, orioles up 2-0. trouble in the seventh. runners in the corners for josh hamilton. the single to left brings in the tying run. elvis andrus hustling to third and his throw gets away. here comes andrus with the go-ahead run and the rangers win 4-2. >>> vene us williams played her first match in the united states here in dc tonight. she's a member of the washington kastles, part of world team tennis, and tonight she made her lone dc appearance. >> tea

the biggest backlog of inventory is gm's full-sizeed pickup. and that's not a problem for the toyota prius. the automakers expects the sales to beat last year despite the natural disasters will yerl that cut production. the increase in prius sales was fueled by high gas prices. and back to school sales are starting early this year. one reason for that is that stores are nervous about consumer spending despite yesterday's good retail spending numbers. last year, consoupers spent more than dr can consumers spent more than $-- more than -- last year, consumers spent more than $5 million. i am peggy bunker. >>> welcome back on this friday. he was a legend credited with leaf losingizing the -- ref loseizing the way -- revolutionizing the way the tightend was played. he was one of the kindest giants you could meet emmett could beat the bears cowboys and the -- meet. he could beat the bears and cowboys and he couldn't beat dementia. here jamie costello. >> reporter: coput an army of men on his -- he could put a army ofman men on his back and -- of men

caps gm won't sleep much tonight. got to decide which new guys he wants and how many of his old guys he wants to keep. five current caps become unrestricted free agents tomorrow. jason arnett. none have received offers from the caps so far. they did make qualifying offers. karl and troy they have two weeks to accept. varlee may be going to russia. nats off tonight. harrison was hit by a pitch in anaheim yesterday. likely headed to the dl. at camden yards tonight, the buck and the o's wrapping up their series against the cards. this is lance burkeman and the big puma has left the building. he did that twice. now has 20 on the year. cards dropped the o's 9-6. with that, time for our weekly look at the excellent and not so excellent in the world of sports. it is the good, the bad and the ugly for june the 30th. we start the good. these guys have been talking to the swedish soccer team. [ laughing ] >> they lean right together, lean left together. the soccer team in finland or iceland or wherever they were. they're gettin

first it was kmart, then the gm plant and now the lincoln post office.as been a resident for 36 years. >> doggone it, this is one more thing that is being taken away. >> reporter: the postal service's response, "we had no other choice." the lincoln post office was one of nearly 26,000 nationwide. 80% of all post offices not turning a profit. today postmaster general patrick donahoe announced a new strategy an effort to partner with local businesses to offer postal service. >> the convenience is a key thing because as we move to work with providers, they're open seven days a week, 12, 14 hours a day, great for our customers to come in and mail and ship with us through that way. >> reporter: donahoe has urged congress to drop saturday delivery and reduce payments for future retirees' health benefits. if not economists warn in the next five years taxpayers could face a $100 billion bailout. do you ever worry one day the post office will just go the way of the horse and buggy in this country? >> well we'll deliver 170 billion plus pieces of mail this year. i

now, today, companies like honda, ford, gm, they have to meet an average fuel economy standard of 27.3 miles per gallon. that is going to double by 2025 to 54.5 miles per gallon. it should save a family $8,000 per vehicle according to the white house, and the country as a whole, $2 trillion in fuel savings costs. now, as you said, this is very unusual because these 13 major automakers, united autoworkers union, and the government regulators have all agreed to this. these are groups of people that until a few years ago used to do hand to hand combat over the issue of fuel economy. what does it mean for the kind of cars we're going to drive in the future? well, hybrids like this honda crz, they'll be on the road, fuel cell vehicles, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, but we'll also see administration officials say more significantly more efficient internal combustion engine vehicles. lester? >> anne thompson. anne, thank you. >>> it has been a week since the bombing and shooting massacre in norway. the final death count now 77. today, first of many funerals were held in oslo for an 18-y

the biggest backlog is gm full size pickup trucks and gmc sierra. >> that is not a problem for the toyota prius. the automaker expects this year's sales to beat last year's despite the natural disasters that cut production. the increase of the prius sales was fueled by high gas prices. >>> back to school sales are starting early. sorry, kids. one reason is that stores are nervous about consumer spending despite yeststday's good retail spending numbers. last year consumers spent more than $55 million on back-to-school shopping. >> the brand-new pencil keeper. >>> the shocking report on obesititrates across the country. here we go again, all the abdomen shots. why this is an alarming epidemic. >>> while being embroiled in a scandal rupert murdoch's world is crumbling around him. yeah, dirt? do you think the two of us will ever find the one? well, we've been left behind by so many mops and brooms... aw, man! ...but we have got... see ya! ...each other. ♪ what about love?! [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. the 2 in 1 swiffer sweeper uses electrostatic dry cloths to trap and lock more

the first contract talks in four years and the first since gm and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy.using highlights this week. economic data with june housing starts tuesday and existing home sales on wednesday. >>> finally, lady gaga is no longer the queen of facebook. rihanna is now the social network's top ranking female celebrity with just above 40,800,000 likes. >>> america's women fight bravely but go down in flames in the world cup final against japan. for one brief and shining moment, it all seemed like it was theirs. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. on on a budget wh expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. >>> in sports, after a handful of heart-stopping comebacks the women's u.s. soccer team ran out of look. here's n

as we approach the trade deadline, gms want to play let's make a deal. giants worked a trade with the astros. jeff keppinger will join the champs, he's batting .307. the astros acquired two double a players in the trade. >> this is exciting. it's not the first time i've been traded. it's the first time i've been on a team even with a winning record. so that's what you want. >> he'll probably hit in the tool hole for us. after last night's meeting, we're committed to action wherever we can upgrade inkrementally. >> let's stick with the giants taking on the dodgers at at&t park. bottom of the 7th, bases loaded, game tied at 3-3. bell shoots one down the line and two score. giants up 5-3. to the bottom of the 9th we go. fear the beard, baby. one on for wilson. andre ethier flies out to left for the final out. giants take the game from l.a. 5-3. jamie has more. >> bell took some good natured ribbing from clark before the game who said he was probably the first player to get called up after striking out four times the night before in a minor league game. but

he plans to work with his former chinese team and possibly become the gm. >>> now some sports highlightsm espn news. >>> cole wright with your espn news highlights. the rangers riding an 11-game hot streak looking to extend it to 12 versus the angels. on the mound, with a three-run lead. a double to deep left center. andy chavez, he gives chase, picks up the pill, flips it to andres. andres said the package was put on him. all jazzed up. rightfully so. teamwork at its finest. top of the eight now. rangers still up 3-0. chavez, his turn to swing that thing. he says i'm out, guys. reservations at chili's. i'm meeting my boys. rangers, they win this one, 7-. >>> twins and indians. let's check out the bottom of the ninth. twins down a dash. danny valencia, sweet and juicy. the shot to left for a walkoff knock. michael cuddyer score and twins win, 2-1. >>> brewers and d'backs out west and the brew crew, they sure brought their offense. the knock, deep and gone. same song, different lyrics. betancourt, that's one of his two pokes and rickie weeks says i've got the power. brewers go up 6-2 and

gm pulled out of the joint venture with toyota in 2009. then toyota announced it would close the plant. >>> and people out of work for a year or longer are the fastest growing segment of the unemployed in california. more than 700,000 people of california are considered long- term unemployed, about a third of the state's 2 million people who are jobless. the state says this is a trend it has not seen in previous recessions. officials also say more than 475,000 people in california have run out of all available jobless benefits. >>> and researchers say a lot of people are using game consoles to watch movies. they say more than half of netflix connectors can use the wie players. they say netflix subscribers mostly watch movies, but many watch on their computers. and most of them are watching television programs. >>> and a taiwan smart phone maker won a round in a patent fight with apple, a ruling by the trade commission released today regarding apple's situation, say it infringed on their patent. but they were cleared of violations. >>> and

names on the potential witness list, including barry bonds and mark mcgwire and clemens' manager and gm in new york, joe torre. >>> the washington nationals aren't just one of the hottest teams in baseball, they're also one of the most exciting. look at this. >> oh, my goodness! just glad everybody's okay. >> ramos missed the sign for a suicide squeeze last night, and swung away with teammate michael morse sprinting home from third base. fortunately, ramos fouled the ball back and missed morse, who was about ten feet away from the plate. here's the kicker. they tried it again, at the same at-bat and they were successful that time. ramos executed a nice bunt, and morse scored what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nats went on to beat the chicago cubs 5-4. >> he almost got scalped. so good thing it worked the second time. my goodness. >> worse than a baseball in the teeth. >> i know. could be bad. >> it could be bad. 4:51 now. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. are we getting some rain? i think we need it now. >> yeah, yeah, some of us are getting out. some of the lawns are

host: kurt schacht, who rates the ratings agencies, and gm?st: well, i think there are a number of ways ratings agencies are rated. there is required now great deal of information about the performance of the ratings. that is reviewed by the regulator, the sec. and the ultimate vote of whether the ratings matter is between the issuer and the investor in the security. as you recall, back in the crisis days, things were rated aaa that probably should not have been, but price may be to reflect a different type of credit rating. the market has a way of adjusting. the credit rating itself, the the credit rating itself, the credit worthiness opinion by the ratings agencies, is one factor investors use in determining how to price these securities. host: kurt schacht received his b.s. and law degree from the university of wisconsin. he served as general counsel and chief operating officer of a hedge fund, and he is currently at the managing director of the cfa institute. what kind of people go to work for these credit agencies? for these credit agenci

gm said 215,000 cars and trucks were sold last month. industry analysts expect overall sales to go up 13.5% from last june. >>> if you've been in a car dealership lately you may have noticed it has gone upscale. some u.s. dealerships are putting in leet -- lightning and cappuccino bars. >>> the plan includes increasing the number of police officers and security guards on campus. there will also be tighter screening for all school visittors. however, the board decided against installing metal detectors at school entrances saying they are both costly and inefficient. police seized a half dozen guns at berkeley high school this year alone. >>> pg&e facing new safety questions. an internal investigation found that workers may have falsified inspection reports and underground electrical vaults. as many as 14 inspectors failed to check dozens of underground facilities across the bay area. pg&e is already under fire for its major role in the san bruno pipeline disaster. >>> pg&e crews worked overnight to put a cap on a small gas leak. it was ab

gm enforced at national sales at 10% last month.da that handed them fell 21% while he ganged 11%, less than projected. >>> he told me that he wanted to run to the beach. new studies say digging in the sand could potentially lead to infectious from a variety of germs and viruses such as salmonella, stab, hepatitis, you're cutting edge to this. children are most susceptible. >> as we're doing this test run, there will be a ball of sands. >> how deep do you want to go. >> researchers found that maybe just in a wall of storm charges. -- they recommend washing hands especially before heating and washing it again before after home. >>> if you're heading out to the beaches this week, there will be some nice weather for you, watch out on the side. patchy fog right now, not showing any shade. temperatures along the coast, mid to upper 50s downtown san francisco goes quite buzzing right now. look at conyers, you know, it's warm out there and you know we have nowhere to go. so started out with that rain fall, that record rain fall earlier this

here's a new option available at your local gm dealership -- car insurance. evers will get a yearlong car insurance program from met life at no charge. it covers liability and physical damage. working its magic on fans. more fliers have a bone to pick. jane king has more in the bloomberg business report. >> complain, complain. the transportation has more than 1000 complaints about airline service in may. is up nearly 21% from april. compliance were related to delays and missed connections. did not expect a luxury service if you're flying on air france. they are asking passengers to take out throwing trash. as for stocks, another winning day on wall street. we have strong jobs numbers from adp. tellers reporting strong june sales. the bloomberg maryland index carper on gains for black & decker. reporter taking london by storm. the franchise has taken more than $6 billion globally at the box office. the movie is sold out in more than 2000 showtimes across the country. a lot of people anticipating the new harry potter film. >> prince limp and his new bride arriv

gm and ford say it rows, mainly because of a lag in sales in pick ups.new york stock exchange with the bloomberg after the bell report. >> and summer is a time of experimentation for a lot of teenager autos these young people are channeling that energy into a new program keeping them on track until school starts, ahead. >> and jazz and the heart and soul of san francisco. there is a live report coming up.lilililililililililililililii >>> there is a gorgeous view of downtown san francisco. and temperatures are climbing for this holiday weekend. >> and they are. and find out just how hot they're go going to get. spencer christian is here with the accu-weather forecast. >> and there is a big ridge of high pressure building in going to dominate and there is a hot holiday weekend coming our way. and tomorrow, high temperatures state wide looking like this. 99 in chico. and 104 fresno. 117 in palm springs. 88 in los angeles. and there is a 61 again in bur yeeka. and there is 115 in palm springs, tomorrow, suspecting highs to range from low to mid-90s and lots

biggest inventory is gm's pickup but not a problem for toyota prius. this year's should beat last year's. increase in prius sales was fueled by high gas prices. back to school sales are starting pretty early this year. one reason for that is stores are nervous about consumer spending despite the good spending numbers, last year consumers spent more than $55 million on back to school shopping. that is america's money. >>> police chief in grand rapids michigan says two hostages are safe after a man killed seven people and then himself in a standoff. he shot himself inside a home where he was holding two people last night. it begin after four people were found dead in a home and three others were killed in another home across town. investigators are still trying to determine the exact motive. >> obama administration has unveiled a latest plan to help certain homeowners in danger of foreclosure. to miss a year of mortgage payments while they try to find a new job. expanded assisted expands from four months. the change could help tens of thousands of people

because gm is still in business. alisyn: i want to move onto the macro. is not doing well. it's struggling. >> because we started from a much more depressed place than we thought. we needed to push the money into the economy faster. the government is one of the only instruments that can solve this problem. we needed a much more robust stimulus which the blue dog democrats and regrelsive republicans would not allow to us do. alisyn: basically you are happy with the tactics the president has used. you are happy with the things the president has done and you are satisfied -- >> i'm not satisfied. i wish we had done more. we should have asked for more money. he keeps talking about we need to put people to work building bridges and roads. that's what i would like to see. alisyn: you remember the administration said -- >> they were wrong and they should never have overpromised and underdelivered. when you have people at work you bring the unemployment rate to a better place. you have more tax dollars coming into the economy. alisyn: why don't we have more peopl

. >> thank you for gm technology, sunoco racing fuel and good year tires and bring performance and powermy smokin' hot wife tonight, lisa, my two children eli and emma or as we like to call it little e. >> and lord, bless the drivers tonight and they put on a performance worthy of this race track. in jesus name, boogity boogity boogity, amen. >> well, i just-- (laughter) >> that boy is business of dogs on his front porch, but i want to join his church it was terrible he would put that on. >> that's wrong with that. >> thanking god for his smokin' hot wife. >> for those of us who talk to the lord, for him thanking sun sunoco and his smokin' hot wife. >> for using the lord's name-- >> that's it for us on the five. never know what's going to

gm enforced at national sales at 10% last month.hat handed them fell 21% while he ganged 11%, less than projected. >>> he told me that he wanted to run to the beach. new studies say digging in the sand could potentially lead to infectious from a variety of germs and viruses such as salmonella, stab, hepatitis, you're cutting edge to this. children are most susceptible. >> as we're doing this test run, there will be a ball of sands. >> how deep do you want to go. >> researchers found that maybe just in a wall of storm charges. -- they recommend washing hands especially before heating and washing it again before after home. >>> if you're heading out to the beaches this week, there will be some nice weather for you, watch out on the side. patchy fog right now, not showing any shade. temperatures along the coast, mid to upper 50s downtown san francisco goes quite buzzing right now. look at conyers, you know, it's warm out there and you know we have nowhere to go. so started out with that rain fall, that record rain fall earlier this wee

gm has told me more than once that he and frank were a both here before long spells and away from their families so they wanted to get as much work done as possible while they were here at hyde park. so they could pay a security guard to stay until midnight so they could work until midnight. it is notq quite done that d way anymore?ink [laughter] i think the federal marshals may come to take him away for doing that. life has changed. in any case as bob and susan have said, a lawyer and and the fox is not only of classic but almost everything that has beenhi writtenng about roosevelt during that time has been influenced of what has been written of "roosevelt and lion and the fox" and has often been asked by a those who do not read every word what does the title, from? if this was a particular question because i remember him telling me when the book came out 1956 he was promoting on the "today show" at the suggestionn og he brought stuffedht animals so they would wonder what itd waswh about and get interested in the book. [laughter] it comes from machiavelli a great leader must have alime

in the case of gm and ford, we had a number of death threats. not yet. but no death threats that i'm aware of yet and hopefully it doesn't rise to that. it is crossing the rubicon. we were the first rating firm to do that. the nsro rating firm to do that. we felt as though we had no choice. basically it's a reflection of, as i said, the dramatic rise of debt to gdp and hopefully some steps will be taken to ameliorate the problem. >> even if they raise the debt ceiling, there's some talk if it's a patchwork, short-term deal, that you might get company, and other rating agencies might also downgrade. what happens if that's the case? what do you expect in terms of reaction in financial markets? >> the short answer is no one knows because the u.s. has been at the aaa level since 1914 or thereabouts when rating firms were organized. it's not clear what's going to happen. >> are you hopeful? >> i am very hopeful. i think this is a fantastic country. i don't think there's anyplace on the face of the earth like this. i think that if anybody has the resources, we

. >> gm going to have to change it up now. should people be forced to use their real names. >> don't use my real name. >> sorry, barb. >> as much as i would like to make fun of what she is saying, of course it is true. when i give college speeches and these brats stand up and start screaming i ask them for their name. of course i plan to give it to john ashcroft, but they sit right back down again. i give my name and stand in front of them. i say what i am going to say. don't hide in the shadows. sorry to make a serious point. it is not a rape joke. >> as a comedian, they are not hiding calling themselves cat liquor 92. >> good point. that is far too specific of a name for you to have come up with it. >> out of nowhere. >> you had a two and a half year relationship with a cat liquor. >> it is funny when you call out the heckler it gets quiet. >> i have a lot of stuff on the internet too, and i get that a lot as well. that's half the fun of being on the internet. what fun is it without the possible russian roulette idea. this m

gm will get a 12-month policy to customers who purchase or lease a new vehicle. the promotion is only being offered and again in washington now. but the company says it will eventually be rolled out in more states. >>> airlines have already taken away frills. now, one company may put passengers to work. air france will reportedly ask flyers to clean up their own trash when leaving the plane. the airline is looking to cut costs so it can compete with discount flights. that is the latest for your money watch. at the new york stock exchange, i'm susan mcginness. >>> a life-saving swap. six people involved in a kidney transplant today, meet at the baltimore hospital, where their lives changed forever. andrea fujii has the touching story in tonight's tonight's healthwatch. >> reporter: three lives saved from three strangers. they're meeting for the first time. >> that's just unbelievable that someone would do that. >> reporter: one-third of donors and recipients are incompatible. so the paired kidney exchange program matches the toners with someone else. >> reporter:

general motors was so dominant, especially in the united states, had chrysler and gm gone down, the supply chain would have cratered and it would have unimaginable impacts throughout the economy. it's estimated there were a million jobs saved in the extended automotive industry, bios fear, if you will. if are we doing on that promise today? we're profitable, very profitable. we have saved not only that million jobs in the intervening period since the restructuring awful general motors and chrysler, we've hired 115,000 auto workers across the nation. so it saved an industry that is profitable today, healthy today. it's creating jobs and it saved jobs. we've paid back roughly $30 billion plus of the $50 billion that was put in the company. as you say, the taxpayers still own a third. >> a lot of people say the government shouldn't be doing this kind of thing. i was at a speech one day and some guy comes up to me -- i said something about how i supported the rescue effort. he said it's government motors. this is not what the government should be doing. how do you respond to that? i say this b

and the person next to me was my assistant gm who had no idea what ufs talking about and thought i was casy. i wish i had instead of turned to the person in my left i would have said to the policeman who was standing less than five feet away from me, i think that's a serial killer. do something about it. >> july 15th, 1997, although cunanan sightings in the south beach area have many residents on alert, no one is prepared for the events of that morning. some time around 8:30 a.m. gianni versace walks to the newsstand a few blocks from his ocean drive mapgs. >> he'd got up in northerning and walk over to the news cafe, buy italian and european newspapers. maybe have a coffee and walk back to his house. >> i remember him leaving the newsstand right out here a couple of feet behind me and that was it. he went towards his home. i didn't give it a second thought. >> less than a half-hour later, versace returns home as he unlocks the gate outside his mansion, he is approached by a young man with dark hair carrying a backpack. >> i was on south beach getting ready to take some sun i heard two

thank you for gm performance technology and ro-7 engines.ank you for sunoco racing fuel and goodyear tires that bring performance and power to the track. lord, i want to thank you for my smoking hot wife tonight, lisa, emma, or as we like to call them, the little es. may they put on a performance worthy of this great track. in jesus name, boogety, boogety, booge boogety, amen. [ applause ] >> jimmy: pretty good. i would go to church a lot more frequently if i knew he was going to be there. there was a major upset in wrestling last weekend, if -- well, if that's possible. my cousin sal has a 6-year-old son named archie who loves the wwe. and in particular, archie loves john siena who's a wrestler. he even tried to shave his calves like john cena. last week, john cena lost his title to his arch enemy. archie was devastated. he cried himself to sleep. it was very sad. he hates this guy c.m. punk. all we heard about the whole week leading up was c.m. punk. we concocted a plan to have c.n. punk show up at archie's house with his championship belt

gm starts to sell a diesel of its chevy cruze. it would be the first diesel car since the 1980s. diesels get up to 40% better mileage than similar size gas engines. they are more expensive and diesel fuel prices 5% to 10% higher than regular unleaded. very happy friday to you. >> thanks for filling us up so to speak. 5:14 now. youtube is making a big announcement this morning but we know what it is. the bay area based company says it will stream live two of the summer's largest music festivals. there will be a second stream with a look back stage and some interviews. august 5 will 7, austin city limits runs september 16-18. probably will a good day and good weekend ahead to get out and about. want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> most of the nation has been suffering from sweltering heat and humidity we've had a break. the entire month has been below average. this week it's going to get really nice as we head toward the weekend. today looks good, saturday looks good as we round out the weekend on sunday that's going to be the coolest day. and then next week our

regular program right now and have an in-depth look at this tonight on "nightline" tomorrow also on gm and for all t >>> we just heard from the president and speaker of the house, still a great amount of difference between the two. >> we want to continue the discussion about the debt stalemate there. is renewed talk about using constitution to solve this crisis. >> a pro vision for bids the its from defaulting on the debt was discussed in washington a couple weeks ago and mark matthews reported on that, but back then it was nothing more than curiosity. >> you're right. it was an interesting item the president dismissed out of hand. just the same, the 14th amendment of the constitution has a pro vision in that it says validity of the u.s. debt shall not be questioned. >> treasury secretary read it during an interview in may. validity of the public debt authorized by law. >> it's the important thing, shall not be questioned. >> he wasn't trying to make an argument, just making a point refusing to do so would be foolish in the extreme. as the august 2 deadline nears, abc 7's political ana

through government bailout, through the fact that the government was prepared to and did nationalize gm and did partially nationalized the biggest bank, that the federal government was there to catch this economy as it was kind of collapsing. would you call that socialism? >> host: that was just a little bit from bernard harcourt, "the illusion of free markets: punishment and the myth of natural order". published by harvard. thank you very much. >> guest: very welcome. >> next on booktv, a history of the gunfight at the o.k. corral which occurred on october 26, 1881, in tombstone, arizona. this is about 40 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the arizona historical society. i am the director of publication and editor of the journal of natural history and we are here to welcome jeff gwynn, author of the last gunfight:the real story of the shoot out at the o.k. corral and how it changed the american west. he is the author of the recent best seller go down together. the untold story of bonnie and clyde. i would like to start the conversation this evening with the question i am sure is o

giants gm talk about incentive brian kno knows the giants need moro fence. to be 15 games over 500. they acquire infiel infielder jeff for a couple minor leaguer to replace injured miguel today. they called up brandon bell for tonight's game with the dodger dodgers. giant fans happy to see him back. they want the bell. opening series. belted first contrary home run and here in the second inning tonight. first at bat being recalled. deep against him if rose a.gone. giants in a flash. la to madison in the third. rafael wraps one bank the middle. dodgers take a lead. good stuff in the fourth. watch the sweatshirt the girl gets the ball he gets nothing and doesn't like it one bit. oh, my. looks to dad and says i had it. pouting. and dad says you didn't have it. she got it. sorry. but the pouty face look at. that well the giants classy they come through and they give him a baseball and the world is a wonderful place. even more wonderful back to the game. 3-3 in the seventh. bell again double down the left field lin line. torrez. burris and the giants now leading