red honda car, victim car. red honda car, victim car. something bad happens. words are exchanged. the guy in the red honda they say reaches back and puts a rifle out. the guy in the victim car reaches back and pulls out a cell phone. 911. the red honda car takes off but not before the victim does a little police work of his own. >> he provided a license plate number and we were able to follow up and find out who owned the car and who was driving the car. >> reporter: it took a few days but police tracked down kenneth johnson to his apartment here in gaithersburg and arrested him. then they searched his car, his red honda car. know what they found inside? a rifle. kenneth johnson jr. charged with first and second-degree assault. now, road rage suspect kenneth johnson is out on bond but they kept that rifle. live in montgomery county, i'm pat collins, news 4. >>> doug joins us now. you have been busy seeing a lot of young fans. >> they are very excited about this weekend. >> this is where i was today out at fox middle elementary school. hello to those kids. talked to about a hundred

red honda car, victim car. red honda car, victim car. something bad happens. words are exchanged. the guy in the red honda reaches back they say and puts a rifle out like this. the guy in the victim car reaches back, pulls out a cell phone, 911. that red honda car takes off. but not before the victim does a little police work of his own. >> he provided us with a license plate number and from that we were able to follow up and find out who owned the car and from that point he was driving the car. >> reporter: it took a few days but police tracked down kenneth johnson to his apartment here in gaithersburg and arifted him. then they searched his car, his red honda car. know what they found inside? a rifle. kenneth johnson jr. charged with first and second-degree assault. road rage suspect kenneth johnson out on bond but they kept the rifle. live in montgomery county, i'm pat collins, news 4. >>> we go to weather now. some rain out there but doug is talking about some snow this weekend. am i hearing that correctly, doug? >> you are, jim. i do think most areas should see at least some f

car crash just before 6:00 a.m. on southbound interstate 880 just north of the alameda. a honda afford spun out of control and ended up in the fast lane. a second car stopped for the accident but as a woman passenger got out of the honda, a third car hit the second car and pinned the woman under the accord. she was dead at the scene. >>> this weekend, b.a.r.t. is expanding its service to help people get into information while the upper deck of the bay bridge is shut down. b.a.r.t. will be providing 4-hour service be -- 24-hour service beginning tomorrow night until 1:00 a.m. tuesday morning. if you do plan to ride, check the b.a.r.t. schedule ahead of time because only 14 of b.a.r.t.'s 44 stations will be open all night. b.a.r.t. says trains will run hourly during the overnight hours. >> the way to get back and forth between the west bay and the east bay this weekend is by b.a.r.t. it will be faster, more reliable than what the alternatives are. >> the upper deck of the bay bridge will be closed from 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night to 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning. that's so crews can shif

help his car was the honda civic -- the healthiest car was the honda civic. a report due on housing starts which measures how many builders broke ground on new homes and economists expect to see a rise. markets did end lower yesterday on concern about greece. john said they will get more involved in helping europe with the debt crisis. the bloomberg maryland index was lower on losses for lockheed martin. the baltimore grand prix is hiring. they're looking to break up to half a dozen workers with the communications and promotion of the program. that is business. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. 6:22. 39 degrees on tv hill. >> the terrapins will have to make a run without a key player. keith mills will join us live in the studio. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. it is getting kind of busy in spots. this is southbound route 3 and this remains closed if you travel in anne arundel county. ther

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honda. among them the car would use amazingly little fuel. peters was awarded close to $10,000, much more than $200 she would have gotten in the class action settlement. >> wow! it was fantastic. i couldn't be happier. it was a victory for all honda civic owners. >> reporter: in tampa, florida, jeffrey says he'll file a small claim against honda, too. >> soon as i seen heather fought honda herself and was successful, i thought, i'm a pretty good talker. i think i'm going to give it a shot, too. >> reporter: heather says she'll share her evidence online. >> if every single litigant out there decided to bring a small claims court action, it could be very expensive for the corporate defendant. >> reporter: while it may seem like a win for the little guy, this isn't over. in a statement, honda says it will appeal, and in that courtroom, there will be lawyers. >> i fully expect they are going to try and squash me like a bug. >> reporter: honda insists actual mileage depends on a number of factors, including how you drive. peters says now she's eve

that was only offering $200 and a credit card a new car. honda plans to appeal. >>> sports is next. a big day in college football. >> exciting. larry beil is here. >> a lot of new names and new faces coming. did cal just sign their next star quarterback? did stanford get the next barry sanders ? that we know for sure. who is going where on national signing day? sports is next. >>> good evening. stanford and cal had classes ranked in the top 20 nationally. stanford might be top five. the cardinals are feeling better about the way things turned out than cal. this was national signing day. among the eye-catching names joining stanford, barry sanders. yes, the son of the all pro detroit running back. sanders opted to enroll over stanford over oklahoma state. he is electric with the football and could have an instant impact on the cardinal. like father, like son. cody whit field whose son played for stanford signed up with the cardinals and davidson. peak ranked as the best offensive tackle in the country and the son of todd pete heads to the farm at stanford where they call it one of th

car makers at a recent auto show. this ticket to linda bell like that headquarters. >> president obama made an appearance at the washington automobile show. of a bill makers including mercedes-benz and honda showed off their new cars for him. the president and spent much of this time being photographed with a ford mustang and a chevy silverado pick up made by u.s. automakers. honda just announced a $100 million expansion at an ohio transmission plant creighton 150 jobs. -- creating what enter 50 jobs. -- 150 jobs. diem was the sales leader followed by ford into lyautey. -- gm was the sales leader fall by ford and toyota. schools say they have limited budgets to make it happen. chipotle said the price hikes may not be happening anytime soon. more on that in the next hour. that is business news in new york. we're reporting for abc 7 news. >> thank you. we're looking at 50 degrees. >> republican presidential candidates mitt romney on damage control. the third comment that is causing the controversy. >> they are gearing up for a century old tradition. how they are putting their own spin on groundhog day. another check of traffic and weather every 10 [ snoring ] [ [ under crashes ] [ snoring ]

we got the honda car. the car ads especially prominent. exus and audi, chevy camaro, suzuki and honda and more. ferris bueller, reprising ultimate slacker for the cr-4. elsewhere we've got fiat has a really fun ad which a regular joe falls in love with a face-slapping italian supermodel who turns out to be a car. okay. which is kind of nice. volkswagon leveraging off the darth vader ad, going to the dogs for barking rendition of "star wars" theme song. see if you can make it out. [barking]. >> reporter: of course pepsi doritos brand will be a big player the category to itself. including this shot. distracted football fan who wear as chippy teddy to get his attention. we're still checking accuracy of this, jenna. reportedly there is also a football game that will occur on sunday as well when the giants beat the patriots. jenna: wow, you will never be invited back, dennis. producer for this hour is a patriots fan, that's it. nice knowing you though. interesting report. >> reporter: okay. thanks a lot. jenna: dennis kneale. jon: for the new en

that was only offering $200 and a credit card a new car. honda plans to appeal. >>> sports is next. day in college football. >> exciting. larry beil is here. >> a lot of new names and new faces coming. did cal just sign their next star quarterback? did stanford get the next barry sanders ? that we know for sure. who is going where on national signing day? signing day? sports is next. eople chatting] signing day? sports is next. everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is their email address or mobile number. don't worry honey, i'll show you. thanks everyone. so take a step forward... and chase what matters. stanford and cal had classes ranked in the top 20 nationally. stanford might be top five. the cardinals are feeling better about the way things turned out than cal. this was national signing day. among the eye-catching names joining stanford, barry sanders. yes, the son of the all pro detroit running back. sander

muscle car, showed 20 miles per gallon on epa tests, but just 16 1/2 aed edmunds. making heather peters a nightmare for honda. but a hero for those who feel overpromised. >> i've gotten e-mails from people with all different kinds of cars. >> reporter: heather's take, nearly $10,000, the amount the judge says she paid for extra gas. honda says it will appeal. jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> and still ahead, we'll tell you what the supermodel is asking family and friends to do for her super bowl husband tonight. the best part of any great meal? delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love. forty years ago, he wasn't looking for financial advice. back then he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future. but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. for our free

it tops the list of who makes the best cars replacing honda. >> it's our top pick z we now recommend k to yous -- subarus we've tested. each year they're graded on reliability. >> for performance we conduct 60 tests on the cars. including breaking and passenger handling. >> consumer reports named maz dat second-best auto maker an improvement. it's reliability has gotten better and they're fun to drive. toyota maintains the third place spot with quality cars like the redesigned camery. honda slipped to fourth place and the resigned civic and odyssey are disappointment autos honda cut costs on some models sometimes getting rid of features and using cheaper materials. sometimes breaking is also gone down. >> chrysler? it's still in last place. scoring higher than before. >> we see big improvements in the redesigned models including jeep grand cherocky and the scores could go up further. >> general motors and ford did better and only slightly. the 13 car makers ford came in 10th. and gm trucks. >> and there is a man facing charges after flattening a 16-year-old girl's first car with his m

car. the 2012 honda crv was the most healthy car interior. >> your insta-weather-plus forecast -- >> we have been dealing with some wet weather. the rain is moving off the mid- atlantic coast and across parts of delaware. we will continue to see that trend as the evening moves on. we will see a little bit of clearing behind this, a few left over the showers. the almanac reflects a 10th of an inch of precipitation today at the airport and downtown. the morning low was 35, eight degrees warmer than what is normal. biggest snow storm ever rolled through on the president's day weekend of 2003, almost 22 inches. that was back in 2003, nine years ago today. this time around, it is just going to rain all the way up to pennsylvania. even western maryland, dealing with some wet weather. the showers of around baltimore will end and we will see some breaks in the cloud cover. we could see patchy areas of dense fog developing for a few hours tonight. in western maryland, a little freezing drizzle or a few flurries may develop late tonight, early tomorrow morning. partial clearing, some fog. 31 to 38 for

the woman sued honda in small claims court saying she was misled about the fuel economy of our hybrid cars awarded nearly $10,000. much more than she would have gotten in a proposed class action set ament. in the 200,000 others choose to do the same, honda could be on the hook for as much as 2 billion d. there's a big difference there. >> a whole lot of gas money. thank you, ashley. >>> david letterman celebrates 30 years of late night laughs. >>> in sports, the biggest win of the season so far for the hard charging 76ers. - oh, we miss you, honey. - i'll be home soon. until then...tommy? - behind every open heart is a story. - it's beautiful. - tell yours with my open heart collection at kay jewelers. keep your heart open, and love will always find its way in. but to take care of him, you need to take care of yourself first. one a day women's helps provide key nutritional support we need like calcium and vitamin d. and it's the women's multivitamin more of us choose. one a day women's. chili's lunch break combos are full of delicious choices, starting at just 6 bucks. choose from savory

honda advertised that peters' car was supposed to get up to 50 miles per hour gallon in the city and she is only got 30 miles per gammon. other honda owners started a class action lawsuit over the mileage but peters, former lawyer, decided to try her luck in small claims court. she sued for $10,000 for money lost on gas and damages and awarded $9800. in all 200,000 civic hybrid owners around the world decided to do the same thing, then it could cost honda upwards to $2 billion. a honda spokesperson said the company disagrees with the decision and plans to appeal. the news of peters' success has lots of other owners quite interested. peter started a website -- don't settle with honda.org to encourage civic owners to drop out of the class action suit and go after more money in the small claims court. >> thanks, melissa. >>> mayor brae is trying to boost the district's bond rating. he and other city leaders head to new york tonight to meet with the three major credit rating agencies. they told the mayor last year that the dick needs to beef up its reserve fund to improve its bond rating.

a legal victory for a driver who sued honda over gas mileage claims about its harbor cars: >>heather peters says that honda misled her when it claimed that the civic hybrid could drive up to 50 mi. on 1 gal. of gasoline. the california woman said that she even had the car reprogram to improve performance which then drop to about 30 mi. per gallon. yesterday an l.a. judge ordered honda to pay her 90 of hundred dollars in damages. a spokesperson for honda says that the automaker will appeal that ruling. >>coming up next a community alert on the city's northwest side after several women were the victims of strong armed robberies. later in the medical watch the possible connection between sleep apnea and a certain type of stroke. and she's the latest singing sensation from the u.k. and nash is hitting the united states which is performed with the likes of elton john and burt bacharach and you can catch her tonight at lincoln hall.. rumer is here in the studio performing live... {music by: rumer] [♪...] >> announcer: bank robbery certainly is a frightening crime. after all, bank robbers st

honda. the japanese car company could be potentially on the hook for as much as $2 billion. ys it will appeal the verdict. >>> have you ever wanted to have a street sign named after you? >> you know monica who helps you navigate the roads in the mornings on 9 news now. she got her own street sign monica's way and today she goes the extra mile to show us some changes you may have already noticed on signs near you. reporter: which street signs can you read better from here or from here? what about from here? which one do you like better? can you tell the old from the new? which one is old? which one is new? >> i prefer that one. reporter: good, the new one. that's good news because new federal standards mean that in the next six years almost 32,000 d.c. street signs are changing. >> they believe that upper case and lower case lettering is easier to see, especially at a distance than all caps which is what we currently have in the district of. reporter: as they age sign requests come into d.c.'s own shop where supervisor valerie wiggins now creates the new mixed case templates.

reporter: the official police report on the accident will suggest a southbound honda crossed the center line, side swiping one car hits another head on. >> the driver of that honda, was pronounced dead on the scene. >> reer

disappointed with her car's gas mileage, heather peters sued honda.she said she bought her honda civicbecause it advertised 50-miles a gallon...but the car failed to deliver. a small claims court judge agreed."it's justice in a very small place but it proves sometimes the little guy wins."peters won almost 10- thousand dollars.honda plans to appeal.for business brief, i'm elizabeth corridan -----end-----cnn.script----- a wealthy florida man legally adopts his giilfriend... as his ádaughter.á ádaughter.áthe legal reasons behind the bizarre move. move. 3 we have a moral obligation to thhs nation to draw line in the sand. we have an obligation to say "no" nothing to stem the profligate, big-government spendiig favored by the democrats. conservatives cannot allow republican lawmakers to softennor defect on the party's fundamental principles; or worse, align with those who are diametrically opposed to everything the gop stands for: free enterprise, reasonable taxes, limited government and tort reform. yes, tort reform and here's why. ignoring tort reform has been devastating to taxpayers, t

. >>> a california woman took on car giant honda in a small way and won big in court. >> heather peters claimed that her civic, her honda civic, didn't get the 50 miles per gallon advertised by the auto maker when she bought it. the judge agreed yesterday. nbc's ted chen has the rest of the story. >> i couldn't be happier. it was a huge victory for honda civic owners everywhere. for consumers everywhere. >> reporter: she took on a big car company in the smallest possible way. and tonight heather peters may have made a major dent in our legal system. judge carnahan awarded peters almost all of the $10,000 she asked for in small claims court against honda. >> were you surprised? >> no. i was hoping it would be this good. but i wasn't counting my chickens before they hatched. you never know. >> reporter: the dispute is over peters' 2006 honda civic hybrid. peters says it only gets 30 miles per gallon well under the 50 advertised and peters rejected a proposed class action settlement giving thousands of owners up to $200 in cash. legal experts say in the wake of peters' victory other owners

according to police a southbound honda crossed the center liana long belaire road hitting a car and hitting another head on. the driver of the honda was killed. jerry heard the accident and it wasn't the first time. crashes along this stretch have become a recurring nightmare . he ran to help. >> nobody got ejected but the one lady got out and she had fell, she -- she collapsed getting out of the car. the other lady -- >> he was really shaken up. he said they need to do something. the maryland highway administration said there is been 32 accidents over the last three years from forge to miller road. >> have you been watching an outstanding news series on bedimmed sun. doctors accused of sexual misconduct to prescription abuse. we just added five now doctors to the page. they are supposed to be listed as alerts on the board of doctor's home page but we looked yesterday and they were not there. we called them and today their files now up there. we want to take to you the website, this is our bad medicine chart. now, here are the latest on the doctor's we have found. this one had his license s

see their conclusion on whether electric cars are cost- effective or just costly. >>> 7:53. next week hondaill send out letters to some car owners about a recall. honda is expanding last year's recall about side air bags. it seems the wrong amount of propellant was put in the air bags. honda is including the models and once the affected car owners get the recall notice, they can schedule free he repairs with their deals. >>> oscar-winning actress judi dench is losing her site. she's been diagnosed with retina degeneration. the retina is damaged which can lead to blindness. she says she can't see faces in front of her but wears glasses and brighter lights help her. she's getting treatment and has no intention of retiring. >>> right now, it looks like "safe house" starring denzel washington and ryan reynolds was number one at the box office. "the vow" very close in ticket sales. the winner won't be known certain until tomorrow. . >>> finish counting all of those ticket sales. >>> 7:54. let's check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads. what's going on in 88 and oakland. as a matter o

this is around 2:00 a.m., they backed a stolen honda into a police car causing minor damage.olice tried to pull them over in oakland for a minor traffic offense. the chp used a spike strip to finally stop that car. >>> the search for more victims of a serial killer could resume in san joaquin valley. they have been digging an abandoned well but they halted the search yesterday because of rain. the human remains could belong to as many as 20 victims, shoes coats, a woman's ring and a purse has also been found. >> that well we have been told goes back to the 1800s. so far we are at 45 feet and we have not hit any water. >> the remains are tied and one person committed suicide last month. >>> they would have both negative and positive impacts on california. the president unveiled his new budget yesterday. coming up, the winners and losers coming up if the president's budget is adopted. >>> they signed the legislation making that state the 7th in the country to legalize gay marriages. >> it is signed [applauds] >> the measure is slated to take affect on june 7th but they have unt

then at 4:00, the car company that has unseated honda.d 5 the pit bull spared from a death sentence his owner fought for two years to free him from an animal shelter. >>> finally, legendary singer, soap star, tennis star and urkel will soon be putting on their dancing shoes. >> one of the best players to step on to the tennis court this superstar smashed records with her killer left hand serve, martina navratilova. >> new dancing with the stars cast was announced this morning on "good morning america" a total of 12 will compete. >>> here are the contestants jalil white, singer gladys knight and green bay packer wide receiver donald driver. tennis player martina navratilova, catherine jenkins and the view co-host sherry shepard. >> gavin graw, melissa gilbert, jack wagner. william levi and maria menounos. can't wait. >> police any bets? >> no oh, -- place any bets? >> no oh no, a lot of talent. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. !ñ!e

the suspects backed a stolen honda into a police car and it caused some minor damage.obody was hurt but investigators say the police tried pulling over the two women in oakland for a minor traffic offense. they used a spiked area to stop the car. >>> homeowner is shot and -- homeowner shot and killed an armed includer who tried to break into his house. the homeowner was watching television with his seven-year- old child when somebody tried to kick in his front door. the homeowner grabbed the intruder's own gun, shot him three times. police are now questioning the homeowners. >>> and they are making the state the 7th in the world to mark same sex marriages legal. they are requiring the number of signatures to overturn the new law and if they do the law will be put on hold and wait for an outcome of a november vote. same sex couples will head to county services to request marriage licenses. this is video from last valentine's day in martinez. the request for marriage licenses will be denied because same sex in california is not legal. >>> chihuahuas will soon be on their

car. >> probably in a honda. >>> a little winter weather. this happened yesterday. >> take a look at this. this is hagerstown yesterday. some wet flakes hit the ground late in the afternoon. making it for a slick ride for drivers home. however, no significant accumulation and we live outsid how things are going. things are looking pretty clear but it is chilly. so let's head over to meteorologist lynn -- lynette charles with a look at what we can expect today. it looked pretty for a while and then it got messy. >> exactly. nothing stuck on the roadways. in carroll county, that's where you got more snow totals. manchester had 2.1 inches of snow. we did get a little bit of snow but nothing really sticking across the ground area. we're looking at maryland's most powerful doppler radar as of now and things are dry and we will stay that way as we go into the afternoon. we will have plenty of sunshine building in as we go throughout the day. you've got to get out and enjoy it. looking at the visibility. there's a little patchy fog, as we look thro

but what happened was the battery started deteriorating and honda figured i'm going to save my money by reprogramming everyone's carileage gauge on the car. >> ok. so you could have joined a class action lawsuit, thousands of people did. but why did you decide to take this on in small claims court yourself? >> you know, the class actions are great if somebody sticks $0.20 on your phone bill and, you know, god bless them. that's what they're there for. but when you're out of pocket $10,000 as this judge found i was, you're not going to take $200 and a coupon to settle. and so i started don't settle with honda.org to let everyone know they can go to small claims court on my own and i'll share my evidence with them. so they can do it on their own. >> so you actually did just that and you said that you had lost out $10,000 because of the extra gas that you had to buy. and the judge agreed with you and you received the $10,000. have you gotten it yet? >> oh, god, no. honda immediately, the first words out of their mouth was they're going to appeal and last night, they issued a statement saying this is a radical decision

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i drove an electric honda as my only car for four years.r the first time, the industry has standardize diesed a single charger. actually three flavors of a single charger. level one which uses a common 120 volt ac plug but is slow. level two which requires a dedicated 240 volt ac charger and plug, but is four times faster. and level three, a quick charge that is not intended for home use, but is super fast, 30 minutes until a full tank. it should provide a boost to the electric vehicle sales everywhere. in the u.s., more than a hundred projects are underway building thousands of car stations with help from the u.s. department of energy. >> in the meantime, at least one technology company thought why not do away with the plug entirely? after all, you don't plug in your toothbrush every night. a toothbrush is charged through something called induction. it doesn't have to make contact with the electrical wiring, just hover near it. the same principals work in this design from qualcomm. the toothbrush has a plate attached to the car and the bas

i know i drove an electric honda as my only car for four years.oday, for the first time, the industry has standardized a single charger, three flavors, level one uses a common plug but is slow. level two, with which requires a dedicated 240 volt ac charger and plug but four times faster. and level three, d.c. quick charge which are not intended for home use but super fast, 30 minutes to a full tank. this standardization ought to provide a boost to sales everywhere in the u.s. more than 100 projects are on the way building thousands of car stations with the help from the department of energy. one technology thought why not do away with the plug entirely. after all you don't plug in your toothbrush every night. a toothbrush is charged through something called induction. it doesn't need to make contact with the electrical wiring just whoever near it. the sim principal in this design. -- the same principle in this design.i embed these in the road and the halos could charge your car while you drive. qualcomm is testing the system on a 50 car fleet in

then at 4:00, the car company that has unseated honda. 5 the pit bull spared from a death sentence his owner fought for two years to free him from an animal shelter. >>> finally, legendary singer, soap star, tennis star and urkel will soon be putting on their dancing shoes. >> one of the best players to step on to the tennis court this superstar smashed records with her killer left hand serve, martina navratilova. >> new dancing with the stars cast was announced this morning on "good morning america" a total of 12 will compete. >>> here are the contestants jalil white, singer gladys knight and green bay packer wide receiver donald driver. tennis player martina navratilova, catherine jenkins and the view co-host sherry shepard. >> gavin graw, melissa gilbert, jack wagner. william levi and maria menounos. can't wait. >> police any bets? >> no oh, -- place any bets? >> no oh no, a lot of talent. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading

because this is the case of a woman in southern california who has scored a legal victory against car maker hondaant in a case in which she claimed that she was misled about the potential fuel economy of her hybrid car. and get this, a judge awarded her nearly 10,000 bucks, much more than the company was offering in a settlement. honda says, though, as expected, it will appeal that ruling. but that can pave the way for a lot of folks to do the same. not getting the miles they were promised. >> i don't think i've ever had a vehicle where it got the miles that it claimed. but then again, i am a little bit of a lead foot. >> oh, really? >> mm-hmm. >> explains a lot. >>> after months of anticipation facebook has finally announced its plans to go public. >> and that has all led to a guessing game about what the stock symbol might be. f.b. perhaps? some say that's a little too obvious. >> a little obvious. >> but with more than $100 billion on the line here, abc's diana alvear is joining us from l.a. with more on this. hey, diana. >> reporter: rob and paula, good morning. let me ask you a question. wha

cars could have faulty side air bags. the problem has prompted recalls of nearly 3,000 toyota, honda, sub rue and nissan vehicles. e number is expected to grow. the cars could have an ineffective mixture of the gas so in a crash, they wouldn't operate properly. the national highway transportation safety administration is investigating if others used similar defective parts. ♪ >>> great voice. that's 23-year-old monique. she impressed christina aguilera. she started singing at the age of 3 and performed attal immediate da high school. when she was 12, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, so she says she grew up fast while caring for her mom. >>> not just any tuesday. this is fat tuesday. and in the big easy, they do it in style. the french quarter in new orleans is living up to its reputation tonight. the biggest and wildest mardi gras party in the country. the crowds and chaos is building for what's believed to be the best since hurricane katrina. thousands are making the most of the experience. this is the celebration of excess before lent begins tomorrow. bottom line, big party, big business. mardi gras

honda advertised that peters' car was supposed to get up to 50 miles per gallon in the city.ad she said she only got 30 miles per gallon. others had filed. peters decided to try her luck in small claims court. she if everyone decided to do the very same thing, it could cost honda upwards of $2 billion. a honda spokesperson says the company disagrees with the decision and plans to appeal. but news of peters' success has lots of other owners quite interested. in fact, peters has start add website. don't settle with honda to encourage them to drop and go after more money in small claims court. back to you. >> thank you, melissa mollet. >>> fans will have plenty of security around them. homeland skurnlt general janet napolitano says there have been no legitimate security threats but they're not taking any chances. this will be the most technologically protected super bowl. there will be metal proterkt te-- protectors, x-ray marine machines. >>> and, of course, the super bowl is still a few days away but football fans got to see a pretty entertaining game at indianapolis last nigh

." >>> a honda hauls it down the freeway with police in hot pursuit. >> and look what finally stops this speeding car. >> how the driver got trapped by a long arm and the law. >>> how do you sleep through this? hey. a car went into your house. >> hear what the guy inside didn't. >>> want to hang glide but not near a cliff? see how to get in the air. >> by being towed by another small light aircraft. >> don't worry. it's just as easy as it sounds. >>> and a purple squirrel? meet the woman who proved it. >> connie, what did you think about this squirrel? >> i knew that nobody would believe us. >>> we're kicking things off today with some great dash cam footage. and nick has the story. >> a lot of good police work and some luck played into the hands of some virginia police. see an officer had high-speed pursuit another officer up ahead. nearly hit a sussex county sheriff's deputy while he was in the middle of a traffic stop. he had somebody pulled over, came flying by, just barely misses him. he called it into a waferly police officer, and that car, the honor do, took off in high speed. but you don't se

car. ron hernandez is honda civic was stolen from his driveway in bakersfield on saturday. cameras were rolling as the man broke into the car. hernandez says he has turned the surveillance tape over to police but so far there are no leads. he installed the cameras after the same car was broken into several times last year. >> the fairfax county animal shelter is holding its second annual become a foster parent month in march. no special experience is required to become a foster parent and the shelter provides training, supplies, and medical care for the animals. volunteers have helped to save the lives of puppies like these, barney and betty have already been through the program and been adopted. i guess they're siblings but there are more puppies available as well as kittens and other shelter animals. you can contact the fairfax county animal shelter on west ox road to sign up for the foster parent orientation. it happens on march 6th. it looks like he needs a home there. >> they are so cute. i wish i could take all of them home. >>> still ahead on news 4, shots ring out in